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P&F 2006 Campaign News Coverage

From the 25 March 2006 Pasadena Star-News, original version no longer available there:

Llamas, Keller unified?

The arrest of a congressional candidate is usually a time for her opponents to break out the champagne.

But when Lynda Llamas, the Peace and Freedom candidate for Adam Schiff's 29th Congressional District seat, was jailed for trespassing during an anti-war protest Monday, her Libertarian opponent issued a call for solidarity.

"While Lynda and I disagree on many issues, we stand united against the Iraq war," said Jim Keller, in a press release. "I deeply admire her courage and conviction to the cause."

Keller and Llamas (pronounced "Yamas") are but two of the five anti-war candidates for Schiff's seat. Schiff, D-Pasadena, faces a Democratic primary challenge from Bob McCloskey, a regular at the anti-war vigil in Alhambra, which Llamas also attends.

Bill Paparian, a former Pasadena mayor, is running on an anti-war, pro-impeachment platform for the Green Party. And John Burton, a socialist, is gathering signatures to get his name on the ballot.

Llamas said she and a half-dozen other members of her "affinity group" decided to get arrested outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office in Westwood to mark the third anniversary of the war.

"We had a die-in," she said.

About 50 protesters marched and read the names of dead Iraqis and American soldiers. Then the marchers pushed coffins against the doors and sat down in front of them.

At about that point, the LAPD stepped in and handcuffed eight protesters. Llamas spent the next several hours in a holding cell in Van Nuys. The prisoners were given an apple and a sandwich.

"They said it was turkey and cheese," Llamas said. "Since I work in a lab, I'm gonna look at it under a microscope."

Llamas had never been arrested before. Another inmate, named Mimi, showed the would-be congresswoman the ropes.

"She was in for jaywalking and mouthing off to the cops, but I think she was a prostitute in reality," Llamas said. "She knew exactly what to do. Mad props to Mimi."

With so many anti-war candidates in the race, how will they distinguish themselves and avoid splintering the anti-war vote?

"I am the only one who is a small-government candidate," Keller said. "All the other pro-peace candidates are big-government, throw-more-money-at-the-problem types. That's really what's unique about my campaign."

Llamas has a different tack.

"I'm the one who got arrested," she said. "And I'm the only woman. C'mon, can you cut a sister a break around here?"

Pasadena Councilman Paul Little coined a new word this week in attacking his longtime nemesis, Nick Conway of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.

He called Conway's most recent charges "spurilous" - a linguistic mash-up of "scurrilous" (coarse, vulgar, abusive) and "spurious" (false, counterfeit).

He suggested the council should sue Conway for defamation, in which case Conway could counter-sue for bad diction.

Term-limited Arcadia City Council Members Gary Kovacic and Gail Marshall aren't gone yet, but their portraits have already been removed from City Hall.

Mayor John Wuo's portrait remains, at least until April 11.


gene.maddaus@sgvn.com
(626) 578-6300, Ext. 4444

 

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