First he loses the race for assessor (and the sweet almost 100% pay raise it would have entailed), and now this? Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval will be arguing on his own behalf (who is it again that has himself as a lawyer...?) that he shouldn't have to pay an additional $57,000 to the political committee he unsuccessfully tried to sue.

You may remember that Sandoval sued Don Fisher of the Gap and political consultant Duane Baughman for releasing attack ads against him in the 2004 election -- but he lost the case and now has to pay for the defendants' attorneys' fees. Sandoval settled with Baughman but not with Fisher -- and now Fisher's trying to get the $57,000 they claim they're owed over the appeal that Sandoval filed and their costs in attempting to enforce the judgment against Sandoval.

Sandoval claims he has no money to pay them, can't afford a lawyer, says they're trying to take his house, and claims they've even talked about garnishing his wages. Fisher's lawyer says they don't want Sandoval's house but they do want him to pay their costs. Argument's this afternoon.