At the two recent candidates’ forums, Sharon Barovsky was asked about her political machine and alliance with Andy Stern. Both times she adamantly denied being a part of any such team. This weekend, campaign yard signs have cropped up all over town. I noticed that every house that featured a Barovsky sign also featured a Stern sign. Looks like a political alliance to my neighbors and me. We have now caught Barovsky in a lie. What more will she lie about if elected? Or what lies is she telling us now in order to get herself elected?
Are both of these candidates so devoid of character that they are sending their machine workers Deirdre Roney, Pat Lang, Laureen Sills, Anne Hoffman and Lloyd Ahern out to smear the other candidate’s daring to challenge their hold on City Hall? Do Malibu voters know that Sharon Barovsky’s real name is Sharon Daley Barovsky, as in Mayor Daley of Chicago? She married into that family years ago and apparently Chicago machine politics rubbed off on her permanently.
And just like the machine polls in Chicago, “Boss” Barovsky stands for nothing and everything. She’ll say and do anything to stay in power. When she was elected in November, 2000, Barovsky stated three things she wanted to do. 1. Get the coastal commission to adopt an LCP favorable to Malibu, 2. Establish a shuttle bus on Point Dume, and 3. Pass a property tax increase bond measure. We’ll look at her record; she has failed on all three counts. If she had a positive record, she would be promoting her strengths. It’s evident she doesn’t so that’s why she has to send her machine workers out to smear her opponents. It’s the only way machine politicians win elections.
Carole Bush