CA9 candidates respond to questionnaire on Sikh American-related issues
Co-blogged by Sundari and AmericanTurban
Last week, in the context of the significance of California’s 9th Congressional District to Sikh Americans, we sent the major candidates of California’s 9th Congressional District — incumbent Representative Jerry McNerney and challenger Ricky Gill — a questionnaire to learn more about their positions about Sikh American-related issues (see previous post here). Both candidates responded. However, the nature of the responses received were quite different.
Rep. Jerry McNerney’s campaign responded to the questionnaire and Ricky Gill’s campaign declined to answer. As we had stated in our earlier post, both responses will be printed verbatim and are below.
5 Responses to “CA9 candidates respond to questionnaire on Sikh American-related issues”
I was really hoping to get a reason to vote for Gill through this questionnaire other than him being from a Sikh family. That the campaign expects Sikhs to do precisely that is disappointing. This was a real chance for the campaign to speak to the community and potentially demonstrate a real knowledge of the what life is like for us. Gill could have written the response himself since we're "his community". The campaign should have taken the opportunity to address issues that are impacting such a huge percentage of Gill's donors who are always asked to contribute, again, simply because he comes from a Sikh family. Off to enjoy some Halloween candy, there's a sour taste in my mouth.
This post is timely and is commendable. The questionnaire is well conceived and gives each candidate the opportunity to address the core issue from the bottom of the heart that it deserves so that the voter can make their own judgment. Sikh Americans are not asking for favors or a concession but to be treated at par with fellow Americans whereby they can make a full contribution not just on the farm or in a factory but in all walks of life as they do in India while walking like a Sikh and talking like a Sikh. As far as Sikh Americans serving in the Armed Forces and other Law Enforcement Agencies are concerned, they should take a leaf from the British where the Sikhs with Turbans and Unshorn hair were a pride of the British Army, more than 80,000 of them died for defending the freedom of Europe during the World Wars.
[…] Finally, about a week before the election, in partnership with the blog The Langar Hall, Sikh blogger Sundari Kaur and I sought to give the candidates of California’s 9th Congressional District — Rep. Jerry McNerney and Ricky Gill — the opportunity to provide their positions on domestic Sikh American issues. We sent a questionnaire to both campaigns, and while Rep. McNerney’s campaign responded quickly with a completed questionnaire, the Gill campaign declined to answer (on the basis that we had objected to Ricky Gill’s candidacy). Both responses were posted on this blog and on The Langar Hall. […]
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opportunity to provide their positions on domestic Sikh American issues. We sent a questionnaire to both campaigns
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