level of policy, knowledge, and positions, he was by far the best and strongest progressive in the race in District 5, we -- along with much of the local progressive leadership -- thought he was demonstrating enough maturity that he was worthy of our support. But this new information, and his response to it, is alarming. We don't take last-minute allegations about a front-running candidate lightly; people have been known to dump all sorts of charges into heated races. When we learned about Vasilyeva's allegations on Oct. 13, we did our own research. We spent two hours with Davis and his supporter and advisor, former D5 Supervisor Matt Gonzalez. We realized that allegations without corroboration are just charges, so we tracked down everyone we could find who might know anything about this incident -- and, as we discovered, other similar events. And we have to say: Vasilyeva's account rings true. Davis's categorical denial does not. More than that, we were offended that he in effect threatened with a lawsuit a woman who, at some peril to herself, came forward to tell the public information about someone who is running for elected office. What was the point of that, if not to intimidate her? It's highly unlikely he's going to sue (and drag this whole mess into court). He says he was just trying to send a message that he has a legal right to respond to defamation, but this is a political campaign; if he didn't want to deal publicly