Whitman gets some union support

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spends a lot of time bashing labor unions -- especially the ones that have backed her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown. But one law-enforcement union has decided to back Whitman’s campaign.

A 7,000-member union that represents state investigators, law-enforcement personnel and 911 dispatchers announced Tuesday that it was backing Whitman, calling Brown “erratic” on key issues.

Capitol Weekly’s John Howard reports: ‘Alan Barcelona, president of the California State Law Enforcement Association, wrote in a letter to the group’s members that he was unsure how Brown, a former two-term governor, would govern if he was elected a third time. Barcelona said Brown had changed position on some issues and taken positions on others – opposition to the death penalty and extolling inmate rights, for example – that many in law enforcement opposed.’

You can read the Capitol Weekly item here.

-- Anthony York in Sacramento