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Newsom shifts into defense mode as California recall takes shape
If the recall qualifies, the governor could find himself in campaign mode for the next two years while trying to navigate the state through crisis.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures in front of local officials while speaking about Covid-19 vaccines in Fresno on Wednesday. | John Walker/The Fresno Bee via AP
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has shifted into recall defense mode this week with daily appearances up and down the state, complete with local officials praising his work and swiping at his would-be opponents.
There’s an unspoken rule in politics: Don’t publicly criticize your party’s leader.
But more California Democratic lawmakers and allies of Gov. Gavin Newsom are beginning to break it as frustration grows nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s like he’s putting us out to die,” said Sandra Díaz, vice president and political director of SEIU United Services Workers West, which represents janitors, security personnel and other essential workers who were recently removed from the state’s vaccine priority tiers by the Newsom administration. “It’s more important for us as a union to see this get better, no matter who that upsets.”
Facing possible recall, Newsom under fire from fellow Democrats over COVID-19 response
Taryn Luna and Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times
Jan. 31, 2021
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LOS ANGELES There s an unspoken rule in politics: Don t publicly criticize your party s leader.
But more California Democratic lawmakers and allies of Gov. Gavin Newsom are beginning to break it as frustration grows nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. It s like he s putting us out to die, said Sandra Díaz, vice president and political director of SEIU United Services Workers West, which represents janitors, security personnel and other essential workers who were recently removed from the state s vaccine priority tiers by the Newsom administration. It s more important for us as a union to see this get better, no matter who that upsets.
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Riley Wilson, center, performs a scene in Ballet Western Reserve s production The Nutcracker. This year s production was recorded and will be shown as a drive-in performance this weekend at the Eastwood Field parking lot.
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Most ballet companies perform “The Nutcracker” in December, and many of them have experimented with different ways to present the holiday classic changing the setting or altering Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score.
A different kind of experimentation became a must in 2020.
Masked dancers from Ballet Western Reserve will appear on a movie screen instead of a stage this weekend as the dance company presents a drive-in version of the ballet that will be shown in the parking lot of Eastwood Field in Niles.