This very important message from Team Schwarzenneger was sent to me today and I am posting it here for all to read. Obviously, Phil Angelides’ so-called solutions for California includes wholesale tax hikes across the board. Does anyone remember what California was like under Gray Davis? Does anyone remember all of the good things our Governor has done to reverse the damage done by the previous administration? Take a look at the message below and think about it when it is time to cast your vote:
When Phil Angelides talks to voters across the state, he asks them to judge him based on his record.
It is a record of advocating higher taxes on all Californians. From income taxes to taxes on farm equipment to taxes on accounting services, Phil Angelides has spent his political career pushing for higher taxes.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has said that Angelides’ tax increases are “the central theme of his campaign.” And the LA Daily News has said that Angelides’ “platform consists almost entirely of a $10 billion tax increase.”
Voters have a clear choice this November about the future of our state.
Since Governor Schwarzenegger took office:
- He has cut the state’s structural deficit by 80%.
- He revoked the illegal hike of the car tax.
- He reformed workers’ compensation insurance.
- He has put forth a bold plan to rebuild California’s roads, bridges, levees and schools.
- He is working to fix our borders and reform our immigration system.
- AND California has created more than 500,000 new jobs.
We are going to continue moving forward with robust economic growth, new jobs and strong leadership, or we can move backward with higher taxes and reckless spending from another typical Sacramento politician.
The choice is ours.
Stephanie Tyler-Jackson
Political Director, Californians for Schwarzenegger 2006
Endorsements - Support Our Five Log Cabin Members + Log Cabin California Political Action Committee makes the following endorsements:
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Statewide Treasurer: Keith Richman
Senate and Assembly
SD-10 Laura Riffle* SD-34 Lynn Daucher*
AD-6 Michael Hartnett AD-9 William Chan+
AD-23 Mark Patrosso+ AD-25 Bill Conrad
AD-27 Michael Morrison AD-37 Bob Larkin*
AD-38 Mary Barrientos* AD-42 Steven Mark Sion*+
AD-45 Samantha Allen-Newman AD-48 Brenda Carol Green+
AD-53 Mary Jo Ford AD-67 Dianne Harman*
AD-76 Ralph Denney*+
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Call President Bush today! Tell him not to play politics with the Constitution. News reports indicate the President is going to hold a White House event on Monday, June 5th to push the anti-family Federal Marriage Amendment. Please call the White House comment line now (202) 456-1111. Tell the President he should be uniting the country, not dividing it.
President Bush’s decision to use the bully pulpit of the Presidency and the formality of a White House event to espouse an anti-family constitutional amendment is an insult to millions of gay and lesbian Americans and our families. This amendment proposal is a direct attack on the core Republican belief in federalism. And, it is an affront to true conservatives and traditional Republicans who have always denounced efforts to play politics with the U.S. Constitution.
There is no stronger and more powerful case against the President’s attempt to write discrimination into the United States Constitution than the words of his own White House and fellow conservatives.
The White House
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“The fact of the matter is that matter [the legal recognition of relationships] is regulated by the states. I think different states are likely to come to different conclusions, and that’s appropriate. I don’t think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.” - Vice President Dick Cheney
“I don’t think (gay marriage) should be used as a campaign tool, obviously. It requires a lot of sensitivity to just talk about the issue - a lot of sensitivity.” - First Lady Laura Bush
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“It (the marriage amendment) is writing discrimination into the constitution and, as I say, it is fundamentally wrong. I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy.” - Mary Cheney
Conservatives
“It is said that this [amendment] is necessary to protect marriage. Whose marriage is this going to protect? How conceivably could it protect any marriage in the United States? Some historian should really look at all the proposals that have been put forth throughout the history of our country for possible constitutional amendments. Maybe at some point in time there was one that was sillier than this one, but I don’t know of one.” - Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (R-MO)
Syndicated columnist George Will recently wrote that the marriage amendment would “clutter” the constitution. He said conservative Senator John Sununu’s (R-NH) vote against the amendment in 2004 “affirmed the value of federalism.”
“I believe that the people of Arizona should make the decision concerning the sanctity of heterosexual marriage and union between a man and woman. And I believe the people of Massachusetts should make their decision, and others. I think it’s up to the states to make those decisions. And by the way, that’s the federalist approach.” - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Take action and call the White House at (202) 456-1111. The President’s White House event is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 5th, the same day the U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider the amendment.