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Just when we thought California was through with special elections this year. Not so fast! Here's an article about the sudden resignation of an Assemblyman from Yorba Linda:

Assemblyman resigns after sex scandal

San Francisco Chronicle An Orange County Republican resigned from the California Assembly Wednesday after a videotape surfaced of the lawmaker bragging about his sexual exploits with two women, one of whom reportedly is a lobbyist.

The Chronicle goes on to say that the special election for AD-72 will be held on either November 3 or December 1, which is up to Governor Schwarzenegger.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

For California bikers, there's bad news as well as good news in this story. The bad news is that the outgoing assemblyman was a legislative ally. Losing his vote will hurt our standing in Sacramento.

But the good news is that we have tripled the number of Legislative Alert subscribers since the last special election, which was just a few days ago. Here is a map that shows the lay of the land in Southern California. Click on it to see AD-72 and nearby subscribers.

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Make no mistake about it, this is a defensive situation. Bikers can at best keep this a biker-friendly assembly seat. At this stage, the first thing we need to find out is who's running. Once we find out, we can ask the candidates where they stand on the helmet law.

Even though we have several Legislative Alert subscribers in the area, we can always use some more. Just visit B4BS.NET and click on the red Subscribe tab at the top.