Libertarian Attorney General Candidate Tries Stall Tactics in His Campaign

While issues such as gun control, campaign financing and the environment have sparked spirited debates, the Libertarian candidate for attorney general seems to have one issue to himself.

Ed Kuwatch says that if elected, he will make public restroom stalls more, well, private (see accompanying).

“Don’t laugh,” Kuwatch wrote in the Official Voter Information Guide. “As I understand it, Barbara Boxer made banning pay toilets a major theme of her campaign.”

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Good news for Democrats? Martin Bennett of Santa Rosa saw a recent ad in the Sonoma Index-Tribune that hinted at a shortage of Republicans in that area (see photo).

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Unclear on the concept: It seems to me this has been a pretty mirthless election campaign, but, luckily, Glenn Glazer saved a wacky bit of addition from the March primary ballot (see accompanying).

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Where there’s Smokey: In Huntington Beach, voters received one flier from the Huntington Beach Firefighters Assn., which was endorsing City Council candidates.

The flier carried a curious photo. For legal reasons, the firefighters pictured wore uniforms that bore no patches or badges.

And the firetruck posed next to them was not a city vehicle. The sign on the truck, only partially cropped out, said it had been rented from Smokey’s Fire Trucks.

I checked the company’s Web site and found that “Smokey’s Fire Trucks are available for birthday parties and many other types of events, such as transportation, weddings, grand openings, etc.”

Admit it, Smokey -- political campaigns, too.

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Street transplant? Remember, Angelenos, if you vote in favor of secession for the San Fernando Valley, you’ll be invalidating the unofficial song of the City of Angels.

Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” has, as one of its lyrics, “Victory Boulevard -- we love it!”

I guess Newman could always rewrite that portion. “Venice Boulevard -- we tolerate it!” Perhaps.

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Mr. Excitement: In her “Inside Politics” column, my colleague Patt Morrison noted that a wire service story referred to L.A. Mayor James Hahn as “Kenneth K. Hahn.”

And, during a local reception for L.A. officials, NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw mistook City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo for Hahn.

You couldn’t blame the mayor for having an identity crisis. On one network newscast several months ago he was called “Mike Haan.” And a city Public Works sign identified him as “James K. Hahn, Major.”

Let’s face it -- Hahn is a bit lacking in the charisma department. Which would seem to make him a prime candidate in California’s next gubernatorial election.

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miscelLAny: Amid all the campaigning by pro- and anti-secessionists, Joe Shea of Hollywood and several other readers found it interesting that one of L.A.’s sister cities is Split (see photo).