Is the Deck Stacked for Golding With National Women’s Caucus?

This is the “Year of the Woman” in politics.

So why isn’t mayoral candidate (and underdog) Susan Golding doing better with women voters?

A San Diego Union-Tribune poll showed Peter Navarro leading Golding among both men and women.

Would it help if Golding were endorsed by the local chapter of the National Women’s Political Caucus? It wouldn’t hurt.

The local NWPC has a mailing list of 700-plus, and its endorsement would look impressive on a Golding campaign brochure.

On the flip side, if the NWPC does not endorse Golding, Navarro could crow mightily.

Tonight the Golding camp will make a final pitch to get the group’s endorsement. The group did not endorse her in the primary, and a move in July to endorse her failed by a single vote to get the needed two-thirds.

Golding loyalist Nikki Symington, a longtime NWPC activist, has been calling caucus members, reminding them of tonight’s general membership meeting, 7 p.m. at the Cafe Coyote in Old Town.

Is Symington trying to pack the meeting with Golding members?

Au contraire, says Symington. She’s merely reminding members that the group’s charter says its goal is to help get women elected to political office.

Yes, but the Navarro forces plan a last-ditch attempt to show that Golding’s record on hiring women and appointing women to advisory boards is less than stellar.

Further, that Navarro is 100% on the issues that NWPC says are key in evaluating candidates: abortion rights, equal rights amendment, child care, affirmative action, comparable worth and anti-sex harassment.

Symington responds that Golding, too, is 100% and has a record to back it up, whereas Navarro is only talk-talk-talk.

Anne Hoiberg, the NWPC chapter president, says she’ll have to seek a ruling from a parliamentarian on whether the group can even reconsider its July decision.

And why is the endorsement issue being reintroduced?

Because of a formal request by NWPC member Joy McAllister, who happens to be the mother of Dan McAllister, who happens to be Golding’s campaign manager.

Security Among Thieves

Here we are.

* Somebody broke into Kate Callen’s car in Mission Valley the other day and swiped her credit card.

It took Callen a couple of days to realize the card was gone, so the thief was able to ring up several thousand bucks worth of purchases.

The thief (or an accomplice) apparently has no desire to become a victim.

Among the purchases: A $229.95 car security system.

* Popcorn and prose.

Joe Ditler, director of development at the San Diego Maritime Museum, and Coronado’s Orville Redenbacher are reaching an agreement to collaborate on the popcorn king’s autobiography.

* Betty Broderick didn’t see the first movie (“A Woman Scorned”) based on her murder case because she was new to prison and still undergoing evaluation.

Now the second Betty movie (“Her Final Fury”) is set for Sunday, Nov. 1 (9 p.m., CBS) and Broderick’s ready.

She has a color TV set in her four-person “dormitory” at the Madera prison and is eager for the movie “just like everybody else,” says a prison spokeswoman.

* The “Faulk U” T-shirts (that’s Marshall Faulk) are no longer for sale at San Diego State.

An NCAA rule prohibits amateur athletes from lending their names to commercial ventures.

* This drive-by shooting stuff is getting out of hand.

Somebody the other night used a pellet gun to plug the guard shack at the exclusive San Diego Yacht Club on Shelter Island.

* Barbara Hutchinson, the Libertarian candidate in the 50th Congressional District, figures there’s no difference between her Democratic and Republican opponents.

She lumps them together as a “Demopublican.”

A what? “A jackass with a trunk to carry away all your money.”

How’s That Again?

From the San Diego Union-Tribune.

“As seen by one local builder, it takes just three words to explain why new high-end homes aren’t selling very well in San Diego County: ‘Bad timing.’ ”

The third word must be unmentionable.