Pima County Chamber of Commerce Hearts Cheryl Cage

by David Safier

The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce doesn’t make a regular practice of endorsing Democrats. Those types of organizations are run by people who usually go with Republicans by reflex.

Which makes that group’s endorsement of Cheryl Cage over Al Melvin in the LD-26 Senator race that much more significant. The members recognized that Cage, who has run her own business for years, knows the kind of economic environment that can help businesses grow and thrive, which is especially important in these shaky economic times. Melvin knows — well, he knows that the answer to every question is, “Stop illegal immigration.” I’m exaggerating, but not by much.

Melvin and his consultant, Constantin Querard, have been desperately trying to portray Cage as a wild-eyed leftist and Melvin as a centrist. The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce apparently disagrees. Her 11 endorsements by organizations to Melvin’s 4 also makes Melvin look like the outlier here, and I don’t see any elected officials who have been willing to step up and endorse Melvin, while Cage has the Governor, Attorney General, two Congressional Representatives and a Sheriff on her list.