“Now, they want to get out of town and abandon their work altogether.”
Dreier favors drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other domestic energy explorations, such as offshore drilling. Democrats, who have long opposed drilling in Alaska, say that irreparable harm would be done to wildlife in the remote region.
Campaign fundraising getting more hectic
With three months to go until the Nov. 4 election, fundraising for local state Assembly candidates is heating up.
Republican and Democratic candidates for the state Assembly 44th District, which includes La Crescenta and Montrose, have so far raised more than $313,000, with almost all of the money going to Democratic incumbent Anthony Portantino.
Candidates were required to file the amount of funds they received by Thursday with state officials. The filing was to include where the money came from and expenditures from Jan. 1 to Wednesday.
Portantino has so far raked in $309,733 and spent $261,828 this calendar year. He still has nearly $460,000 in his campaign coffers as he seeks reelection against Republican challenger Brian M. Fuller.
“[The amount] continues to show my district supports me and that I work to hard to represent them,” Portantino said.
He said he feels good about the fundraising effort and overall campaign.
Portantino was elected to the Assembly in 2006 after serving for 7 1/2 years on the La Cañada Flintridge City Council and two terms as mayor.
He has served as president of the League of California Cities Mayor’s and Councilmember’s Department as well as on the Executive Board of the California Contract Cities Assn. He is also a past member of the Pasadena City College Bond Oversight Committee.
