In January Kym reported that the North Coast Peoples Alliance had endorsed Stephen Sungnome Madrone in his challenge to Ryan Sundberg who currently Fifth District Supervisor’s seat.  That is a key endorsement, but not a surprising one.  The big news for me is in the second paragraph where Kym reports that Madrone received an endorsement from the Hoopa Tribe, which is huge and potentially a game changer.   I had heard about the endorsement, but I did not want to post it until I had some confirmation.

This morning a friend on Facebook posted of yet another Tribal endorsement for Madrone.   If I can get some confirmation, I will specify, but it seems like the crucial supervisor races are the local media’s best kept secret right now.

I expect that the race will heat up soon as June is getting much closer.   You all do realize there’s an election in just under three months?

Update:  A friend contacted me to say that she heard that the Hoopa Tribe had rescinded it’s endorsement, or that there had been confusion as to whether the Council was actually endorsing to begin with.  I will try to confirm one way or another.  I can’t find any reference online other than Kym’s post and some Facebook posts.  If any reporters out there have any information, reporting on this news and the election itself might be a good idea, considering that the election is only weeks away.

Second update:  Okay, Kym’s been on it.  In January she also reported the Central Labor Council’s endorsements for Madrone as well as Mary Ann Lyons for the 4th District race, and Lathe Gill for Judge (he has been campaigning at a number of events, but how does one campaign for Judge?  You can’t make any promises.).

I heard that a local union held a forum over the past few days at which several candidates attended.  I don’t know if endorsements were decided upon and I don’t know the union.

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