CD11: Senator Corbett and Assemblymember Hayashi Show Dean Andall Who Wears the Pants in this State

Yesterday, Senator Ellen Corbett and Assemblymember Mary Hayashi sent an open letter to residents of the 11th Congressional District, informing them of Republican Congressional candidate and former Assemblymember Dean Andal's colorful record on no brainer women's rights issues. Cervical cancer screenings in insurance coverage? Don't need that, Andal says. Women have the right to wear dress pants in the workplace? They can stay at home if they don't like skirts, Andal says. And his rape vote is so over the top, you'll just have to read the letter to find out.

"Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, all women should be proud of the progress we have made," the legislators conclude. "That's why it's so important that we don't send someone like Dean Andal to Congress. Someone with a record like Andal’s can be counted on to turn back the clock on all we have achieved."

The letter is over the flip...
 

September 17, 2008

To the Women of Congressional District 11:

If you are anything like us, you want a representative in Washington that not only reflects your values, but who also respects you.

Dean Andal just doesn’t qualify. In fact, Dean Andal’s record on women’s issues shows just how out of touch and extreme his views are.

In 1994, as a member of the State Assembly, Dean Andal opposed a common sense law that would have allowed women to wear pants in the workplace instead of being forced to wear skirts and dresses.

Andal also voted against requiring health insurance plans to cover cervical cancer screenings. He even voted against making sure that information about sexual harassment be included in mandatory workplace anti-discrimination posters.

Yet the most egregious affront to women he offered in his short term in the Assembly was his vote to restrict the definition of rape to exclude attacks where an incapacitated woman cannot resist.

And what’s worse, Andal’s was the only vote in the Assembly against expanding the definition. The only one.

Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, all women should be proud of the progress we have made. That's why it's so important that we don't send someone like Dean Andal to Congress. Someone with a record like Andal’s can be counted on to turn back the clock on all we have achieved.

Sincerely,

Senator Ellen Corbett
10th Senate District

Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi
18th Assembly District

Image courtesy Contra Costa Times' Political Blotter. 

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