Posted on 03/31/2008 8:07:41 AM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON – The campaign trail is lined with the political wrecks of the unknowns and the unknowables who have fallen along the way in their own personal quest for a seat in Congress.
This year, three candidates are hoping to avoid a similar fate as they seek a spot on the ballot in the red-hot campaign for the seat being vacated by Rep. John Doolittle.
School district legal analyst Suzanne Jones of Citrus Heights, Cedar Ridge artist Theodore Terbolizard and legal philosopher John Wolfgram will be campaigning in the shadows of Republicans Doug Ose and Tom McClintock and Democrat Charlie Brown – the heavy guns in what is likely to be one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country.
It's been a rough start for "Terbo," which is what Terbolizard said his friends call him.
Terbolizard has been distracted by a driving-under-the-influence charge, which he is now trying to turn to his advantage. He said the February citation in Grass Valley was based on fabricated evidence and may have been aimed at derailing his political career.
"If it's this easy to get rid of political candidates, we might just as well live in Estonia," said Terbolizard, 40, who said he lives in an abandoned building on an old horse farm.
Terbolizard changed his last name from Hommel many years ago for reasons having something to do with his daughter, now 11, and the girl's mother, who lives in San Francisco. He said people find it kind of catchy.
Terbolizard describes himself as a libertarian-leaning extreme fiscal conservative.
"I'm against government spending. Period," he said. He said he wants to ax the Internal Revenue Service and reduce the size of government commensurate with the loss of income taxes the IRS collects.
Terbolizard also doesn't trust banks,
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Terbolizard?????
Yeah he’s even running commercials on local TV up here. It’s just a sideshow. Tom McClintock is going to walk away with this one
I don't think I want to know the whole story, LOL.
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