By the way, a sidebar about the DA election in Mendocino County is that we are having another election because the last one was invalidated. We had a primary last June among 3 candidates and the woman who won didn't get 50% of the vote, so they had a run-off election between her and the second place guy, the incumbent. In the meantime, the incumbent had a heart attack and died. The county wanted to go ahead and have the election involving the dead man and would appoint a successor if the dead guy won. However, the deputy DA filed a protest with the State Appeals Court to have the election invalidated so there could be another election in which he could run. The court agreed with him, but couldn't make the decision in time to stop the election. So, they had the election between the woman winner and the dead guy, but the results were ordered sealed before they were tallied. Now we are having another election in which Bert Schlosser has joined the deputy DA and the woman. Mind you, it hasn't been decided yet whether the winner of the latest election will be the DA if he/she doesn't get 50% of the vote. In that case, we may have a fourth election. You should also realize that the woman candidate is funding her third campaign while everyone else is funding only one. Of course, that presumes that the dead guy didn't pour much money into his second campaign. I just thought you might enjoy some typical Mendocino County politics....