" I am a 40 year citizen/voter/resident of Napa. I still have no response from Mr. Caldwell about his signs on non-profit property. This is a matter of photographic record submitted to John Tuteur, the Register, the Sentinel, and the IRS. If elected, this issue will follow him right into office. If Mr. Caldwell stands by his closing statements, I should get a SPECIFIC answer. "

" Gary Simpson, you have got to be kidding. "I have done well at everything else, so I think I will do well here". That's what we have to go on? You have said NOTHING in any of the debates I have seen. You seem to think you can buy your way into office, and, unfortunately, are probably correct.
Say what you want about Caldwell's signs, he speaks like a human being, who has done his homework, is not afraid of tough questions, and gives DETAILED answers to the questions. Simson just mumbles some BS and tries to move on. (Sounds like a long time politician).
The fact that he has the support of the current board of sups is not a good thing! Good 'ol boy politics and the same old school views are not what we need around here.
Gary Simson you lost me with your showing on these webcast debates and with the numbers you have spent on your campain. You are no better than any other carrer politician.
Caldwell you have my vote if you are truly this real and maintain that in office. "

" I agree with Napasoughee. Simpson appeared disinterested. I am in a state of shock that we would accept a politician who basically mumbles a few coherent words and assumes voters will consider that acceptable.

I do know that Caldwell is not perfect and that he has made past mistakes. Nevertheless, I appreciate that he is willing to take risk in providing details. There are a lot of people out there who do not want Caldwell in office because they fear he will question their authority. Caldwell is dynamic and smart. We need those qualities now more than ever. No more good ol boys in office who just vote because someone has the financial resources to tell them what to do. Be wary of some of those who post negative Caldwell comment here. What are there motives? Are they an extension of the good ol boys network? Times are tough and we need smart, dynamic politicians who aren't timid about answering tough questions. And I guarantee you, that a politician who cannot answer questions is expecting someone else to do it for them. I'm tired of the puppet show with corporate controlled strings. "

" So why do not I get a DETAILED, let alone specific, answer about his signs? Ido not even get a mumble OR BS! "

" verum - maybe John Tutuer doesn't care, as do the rest of us.
I have listened to/watched the pod casts and was very unimpressed with Simpson, and pretty surprised by it. I suppose that he always has underlings to do the talking for him in the sheriffs dept. I was very impressed with Caldwell's answers and explainations. I think that all the talk about him doing something wrong by ok-ing raises to fire fighters has been blown up by people who don't support him and are trying to throw mud at him. The raises were ok-ed by other chiefs in other departments, not just by him in AC, and others higher up than he, but there doesn't seem to be any talk about the others in Napa County who also were duped by this bogus school. This was originally brought to light by Cindy Coffey after she lost the election. Pay back? Looks that way to me. "

" Yvonne - drawing conclusions from podcast's are one thing; not caring about a candidate's questionable proclivities, to which he has repeatedly avoided acknowledging on his own, may very well be causing serious voters to consider if there is a pattern to his professional conduct. That is all. "