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Bob Houston proudly emailed his endorsement by the Sacramento Bee – the same Sacramento Bee that trashed Bruce Kranz when he ran against Rex Bloomfield. Rex Bloomfield was a fundraiser for Boxer and a longtime Sierra Club booster.

Given that Bob Houston has spoken out publicly against private property rights – it comes as no surprise that the granola-crunchers on the Sacramento Bee editorial board would endorse Bob Houston.

Speaking of other great endorsements – the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Sue Horne. What that means is anyone’s guess – I wonder if the Bee is not too far behind there as well.

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board can be read here.

For your benefit – I am providing some excerpts as to why the Bee endorsed Bob Houston – Think Anti-Growth and John Doolittle.

Kranz, a protégé of U.S. Rep. John Doolittle, came into office in 2004 by defeating Rex Bloomfield, a favorite of environmentalists. Over the past four years, he’s been highly engaged and has surprised some of his detractors.

OK – Clue Number one, Kranz is a Doolittle protege, and he committed the egregious sin of taking out the Sierra Club’s number one supervisor in Placer County.

In 2006, Kranz joined with Doolittle and developers in an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Weygandt, a moderate who as a supervisor has been an important voice for planned growth and open space preservation. This year Kranz is supporting Proposition 98, an eminent domain initiative that would make it harder for agencies to enforce environmental regulations and acquire land for public works.

Fortunately, there’s a candidate in this race who better suits the moderate conservatism of this rural district. Bob Houston, a longtime resident of Meadow Vista, has thrown $100,000 of his own money into his first run for office. He vows not to be beholden to anyone, opposes Proposition 98 and is wary of the scale of the proposed Royal Gorge project.

What does Bob Houston have in common with Ose? He is trying to buy the race, is a Moderate (according to the Bee), opposes development and opposes taxpayers by supporting Prop 99.

Finally, anyone who thinks Robert Weygandt is not involved in this race should look no further than this “endorsement” by the Bee of Houston.

P.S. There is more going on here. Let’s hope Kranz gets 50% +1 and we don’t go into a runoff.