Yesterday I was re-elected to the California Assembly District 43 delegation to the state Democratic Party. Here’s the story from the Glendale News-Press (it’s also in the Burbank Leader).

I was also elected to the executive board, which means that in addition to attending the annual state convention as a delegate, I’ll be attending quarterly executive board meetings. Which means it’s my role in those meetings to represent the hopes and frustrations of Democrats in Burbank, Glendale, North Hollywood, Valley Village, Silver Lake, Valley Glen, and part of Van Nuys. It also means that for at least four weekends a year for two years I’ll be staying in hotels somewhere in the state while attending these meetings.

It was an honor to be elected and I’m looking forward to serving and I’m very grateful to all the people who voted for me. At the same time, I couldn’t help noting the comment of the outgoing executive board member I’m replacing: “Now you can spend between $3000 and $5000 a year doing this.”

I guess there is a price we pay for Democracy.

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