1. He is supported by Tom McClintock. McClintock is the one who should be running for governor. Someday when he gets more notoriety and California is in even more desparate shape he will run and get elected. For now we have to settle for Poindexter.
2. Poizner has made illegal immigration his main concern. He may have flip-flopped in the past, but he is painting himself into a corner and will most likely have to act on his campaign slogans.
The only downsides to Poizner is that he really isn't all that conservative, but neither is Meg. Also, he didn't always prostrate himself in front of Jarvis and Prop 13.
Prop 13 might have started out as a good idea, but the Democrats have so twisted the tax code at the state and local levels that Prop 13 is now doing almost the exact opposite of what was intended: it is not lowering the overall tax burden of Californians, and it is just making the tax code more complex and favorable to special interests.
Also, Neocondoleeza Rice and Mitt "Romneycare" Romney just came out in favor of Meg. When Charlie Crist announces his support is anybody's guess.
The only reason to vote for Meg in my mind is if you are so afraid of another Moonbeam governorship and you believe that enough women will vote for Meg just cuz she's a woman that it will turn the tide in the Pubbies favor.
I'm almost hoping that Brown wins, inherits a complete disaster, and is forced to face reality or else get recalled and replaced by McClintock ... or even Mary Carey!
“The only downsides to Poizner is that he really isn’t all that conservative, but neither is Meg. Also, he didn’t always prostrate himself in front of Jarvis and Prop 13.
Prop 13 might have started out as a good idea, but the Democrats have so twisted the tax code at the state and local levels that Prop 13 is now doing almost the exact opposite of what was intended: it is not lowering the overall tax burden of Californians, and it is just making the tax code more complex and favorable to special interests.”
Prop. 13 does what it was intended to do. No more and no less.
Prop. 13 requires a 2/3 vote in the legislature, to raise taxes.
That fact alone has preented tax increases in recent years.
And Poizner is not strongly opposed to getting rid of that.
Your remarks reveal you don’t know much about history.
Jarvis KNEW governments will spend all the money they cn get, so you must try to restrict the amount they can get. Plain and simple.