The Consumer Federation of California ostensibly measures a lawmaker’s friendliness towards consumers – what is really measures, in my opinion, is a lawmaker’s willingness to allow trial attorneys to sue business. That said, in a choice between overbearing government regulation shutting down business or lawsuits that target bad behavior and compensate the harmed parties, I’ll choose the latter rather than the former. The total votes counted vary because the rankings include some committee votes.
Consumer Federation of California’s interim 2007 ratings:
Tony Mendoza-D, 6 for 7, 86 percent
Jose Solorio-D, 5 for 7, 71 percent
Todd Spitzer-R: 2 for 7, 29 percent
Lou Correa-D, 2 for 8, 25 percent
Jim Silva-R, 1 for 7, 14 percent
Van Tran-R: 1 for 8, 13 percent
Bob Margett-R, 1 for 8, 13 percent
Bob Huff-R, 1 for 9, 11 percent
Dick Ackerman-R, 0 for 10, 0 percent
Chuck DeVore-R, 0 for 7, 0 percent
Mike Duvall-R, 0 for 8, 0 percent
Tom Harman-R: 0 for 9, 0 percent
Mimi Walters-R: 0 for 7, 0 percent
Mark Wyland-R: 1 for 10, 0 percent
Consumer Federation of California’s 2006 ratings:
Rudy Bermudez-D, 100 percent
Joe Dunn-D, 100 percent
Tom Umberg-D, 83 percent
Lynn Daucher-R, 42 percent
Tom Harman-R: 31 percent
Bob Margett-R, 30 percent
Van Tran-R: 17 percent
Bill Morrow-R, 10 percent
Chuck DeVore-R, 8 percent
Bob Huff-R: 8 percent
Todd Spitzer-R: 8 percent
Mimi Walters-R: 8 percent
Mark Wyland-R: 6 percent
Dick Ackerman-R, 0 percent
The California League of Conservation Voters is basically a version of the Sierra Club, with the exception that the League rated 29 votes and the Sierra Club only 11. I previously reported on the Sierra Club’s ratings for the OC delegation.
The California League of Conservation Voters 2006 ratings:
Rudy Bermudez-D: 100 percent
Joe Dunn-D: 91 percent
Tom Umberg-D: 65 percent
Lynn Daucher-R: 19 percent
Van Tran-R: 11 percent
Tom Harman-R: 10 percent
Bob Margett-R: 9 percent
Mark Wyland-R: 7 percent
Dick Ackerman-R: 4 percent
Bill Morrow-R: 4 percent
Chuck DeVore-R: 0 percent
Bob Huff-R: 0 percent
Todd Spitzer-R: 0 percent
Mimi Walters-R: 0 percent
The California League of Conservation Voters 2005 ratings:
Rudy Bermudez-D: 100 percent
Joe Dunn-D: 96 percent
Tom Umberg-D: 74 percent
Tom Harman-R: 16 percent
Lynn Daucher-R: 15 percent
Todd Spitzer-R: 11 percent
Bob Margett-R: 5 percent
Van Tran-R: 5 percent
John Campbell-R: 4 percent
Bill Morrow-R: 4 percent
Dick Ackerman-R: 0 percent
Chuck DeVore-R: 0 percent
Bob Huff-R: 0 percent
Mimi Walters-R: 0 percent
Mark Wyland-R: 0 percent
Chuck - we get it; you're a conservative and you vote like one.
Posted by: Dan Chmielewski | August 20, 2007 at 11:24 AM
When are you going to post the ratings for the most pro marijuan legislator?
Posted by: NeoCon | August 20, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Dave? Dave's not here!
Posted by: Dave | August 20, 2007 at 02:58 PM