Best Local Politician
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta
1200 Aguajito Road, 3, Monterey
(831) 424-2229, panetta.house.gov
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, was a scholastic athlete – wrestling; no juggling or fire-eating teams in Monterey County. Yet Panetta is a performer through and through. He frequently flies to Washington, D.C. to that circus known as Congress, where he fights the ineptitude of the current federal administration while also juggling the needs of his Monterey Peninsula-centric congressional district with those of the the country. And yes, he deals with plenty of clowns.