Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor Mike Stoker has enterred the race for the 35th District Assembly seat...

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The following is from: "Mike Stoker Joins the Race for 35th District Assembly Seat - The former county supervisor says he represents the change needed to get the state back on track," By Lara Cooper, Noozhawk, 05.29.2009

Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor Mike Stoker announced Friday that he’s entering the race for the 35th District Assembly seat...

With Friday’s announcement, Stoker joins the race with activist and environmentalist Susan Jordan and City Councilmember Das Williams, whom Stoker said “stand for more of the same and business as usual.”

He served on the Board of Supervisors from 1986-94, when he said he was instrumental in turning a $20 million deficit into a $10 million surplus, through cost-cutting measures such as laying off nonessential employees...

When Stoker was asked about his alignment with Greka, a South Coast oil company that has made headlines in the past from uncontained spills, Stoker made no apologies. He said the company owner brought him in, along with a new president, when the company decided they wanted to be a “responsible corporate citizen.”

He said he’s expecting his opponents to bring up the issue, but said that the company has made huge improvements since he began working with them. “We haven’t had one spill out of containment since January of 2008. I’m proud of that,” he said. Stoker said he also supported PXP, and he welcomes discourse about environmental issues...

Labels: 35th Assembly District, Greka, Mike Stoker