CANDIDATES SPAR IN SEASIDE vs

OPPOSING CANDIDATES FOR THE 15TH DISTRICT STATE SENATE SEAT PARTICIPATED IN A SEASIDE DEBATE SUNDAY NIGHT, HOSTED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SUPERVISOR PEG PINARD AND ASSEMBLYMAN ABEL MALDONADO, FROM SANTA MARIA, DISCLOSED THEIR DIFFERENCES AS THEY SPOKE IN FRONT OF ABOUT 100 VOTERS FOR AN HOUR. THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GIVEN ABOUT $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT PINARD'S CAMPAIGN, WHILE THE MALDONADO CAMPAIGN PROJECTS SPENDING ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE SEAT NOW HELD BY SENATOR BRUCE MCPHERSON, WHO MUST LEAVE DUE TO TERM LIMITS.