Democratic PAC ads attack California GOP congressman McClintock over wildfire spending
WASHINGTON – A Democrat-aligned political action committee is launching a six-figure ad campaign attacking Republican Rep. Tom McClintock for his position on wildfire-related spending, a crucial issue in California’s heavily forested 4th Congressional District.
The $175,000-plus campaign by Red to Blue California is yet another sign that Democrats think they have a shot at ousting McClintock in what is a traditionally Republican district that stretches from Placer County to Yosemite.
The PAC, which is led by former Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, is sending out a mailer and running a digital ad focused on wildfires, a timely topic in California. State officials declared on Monday that the Mendocino Complex Fire along the northwest coast is now the largest fire in California history. In McClintock’s 4th district, the Ferguson Fire continues to burn near Yosemite National Park, although evacuation orders were lifted Tuesday for Anderson Valley, Hall Gulch and Old Yosemite in the Greeley Hill Area.
McClintock has long argued for more aggressive efforts to clear the overgrown brush and trees clogging California’s forests, which along with the record number of dead trees provide ample tinder for fires. But he wants to do so by eliminating several layers of environmental review currently required before conducting thinning operations, as well as limiting legal challenges to such projects. That’s earned the resistance of environmental groups.
Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/08/08/democratic-pac-ads-attack-mcclintock-over-wildfire-spending/
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