The print version of Thursday’s Glendale News Press ran a large photo of Schiff alongside an article on the Massachusetts election and its implications for democrats and health care reform, Political Landscape: Leaders shaken up. Missing was a quote from Schiff; instead it contained comments from representatives David Dreier (R-26th District) and Brad Sherman (D-27th District).

The Thurday LA Times article Democrats reconsider healthcare possibilities ran with just one comment from a California representative – Senator Dianne Feinstein:

“People are very unsettled. They are very worried. There is anger. There is angst. . . . People do not understand [the healthcare bill]. It is so big, it’s beyond their comprehension.”

Thursday’s Daily News said Local Dems ponder fate after loss of Senate seat, but not one congressional representative pondered on the record. Local political consultants and organizers offered predictions, while Republican senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina said, “I think people are tired of incumbents,” and Senator Barbara Boxer’s campaign manager Rose Kapolczynski said, “We’re facing a challenging political climate.”

A swift turnaround in voter sentiment threatens many democratic incumbents, says Michael Barone in If Republicans run as strongly as Brown, only 103 House Dems are safe. Barone’s analysis lists 14 congressional districts in the Los Angeles area alone, including Schiff’s 29th District and Sherman’s 27th District, which “might be vulnerable in some circumstances to Republican capture.”

What are the political options for legislators? Tally Sheet: Where House Dems Stand On How To Move Health Care Reform Forward, lists representatives who are committed to the Senate bill, in favor of amending it, willing to consider separate bills, opposed, or non-committal. Schiff appears in none of the above; and is therefore in the group “Everyone else” in category “Unknown”.

UPDATE: Why didn’t I just call Adam Schiff’s office myself? Read the next post.

The Herald reported that the city does not know the total number of cell antennas that have been placed throughout the community. It also stated that while residents of other communities have “sometimes successfully fought efforts to install towers” Boston residents have found the sites up and running before they can run down to city chambers and protest.

Glendale, California’s 2009 moratorium to study the issue before allowing cell carriers to move into residential neighborhoods is looking like a very wise decision. On the other side of the country, Boston mayor Thomas Menino is now asking for a city moratorium to create guidelines for future installations. With 202 cell sites already approved by its public works department and now up and running, Boston may not be able to do much for residents already affected by the installations.

The Herald article says that NextG Networks of San Jose, California received permission from the Boston Public Improvement Commission to install over 100 new street light antenna poles and to place 74 antennas on existing utility poles. The company paid the city an annual $15,000 fee. Another firm, Light Tower, has a similar contract with the city. Both firms are leasing the cites to area cell carriers.