Maybe you could have asked Kamala how the Bologna kids, who lost their father and two brothers when they were murdered by an illegal alien gang member on the Streets of San Francisco, 'feel' about the way Kamala listened to their voices? Harris flat out refused to consider seeking the death penalty for what has to be one of the worst slayings in the troubled history of her administration.

How about the kids of San Francisco police Officer Isaac Espinoza, also needlessly killed in a City where the Death Penalty is "Off Limits?"

Harris is right, "Kids don't have loud voices" and in San Francisco, they have no voice at all. You've tried to slant this puff piece for Harris as somehow making her a 'champion of victims,' which is doubtless why Cooley declined to give you the opportunity to distort anything he could possibly say to suit your obvious bias.

Harris truly is a 'champion of victims' the problem is she sees the criminals as the victims, the kids who lose their parents to San Francisco's sanctuary city free for all, are an inconvenient truth, one best ignored, and one which will cost her the AG's Office, but set her up nicely for a run at being SF's next mayor.

Thanks for the comment. This piece was not intended to address the candidates' views on the death penalty. Indeed, the death penalty is already one of several issues that candidates are forced to discuss publically if they want to get elected. The press and the public also insist that candidates address the economy, abortion, immigration, crime, etc. But child protection? No. A candidate can win election to just about any office in the country without ever mentioning it.

Harris and Cooley were contacted at the same time and given the same information regarding the nature of the interview. Harris responded, Cooley did not. Cooley's press team balked on assurances that an interview was being scheduled before the conversation with Harris took place, so it's unlikely that Cooley was trying to avoid having his words distorted by my "obvious bias."

If you look back at a July column at The Bay Citizen about child pornography, you will notice that my coverage of Harris has not always been flattering. What's more, now that Harris has spoken, at least in general terms, about prioritizing child protection in the attorney general's office, we are in a better position to hold her to her word should she win election.

Had Cooley responded, he would have received the same treatment Harris did: the opportunity to discuss his failures and accomplishments on behalf of children and what child protection strategies he would take to the attorney general's office.

It's not for me to comment on whether the death penalty would have aided the healing of the children of Bologna or Espinoza. I can say, however, that if the wellbeing of children is of genuine concern, we need our leaders to prioritize the issue and talk about it publically. Cooley declined the chance to do so here.