GOP ROLLED IN SACRAMENTO?

CAPOLITICALNEWS ^ | 5/8/06 | Stephen Franks

[NormsRevenge]

"State Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, signaled there nevertheless will be some high-profile opposition.

McClintock, the leading Republican candidate for the lieutenant governor nomination and whose support of Schwarzenegger helped the governor with GOP conservatives earlier this year, only supported the flood protection bond and voted against the other three.

"My main concern is that much of those three bonds is for equipment, maintenance and social programs that are going to be obsolete before the bonds are paid off by our children," McClintock said, adding that he isn't planning on campaigning against them but that "I'll be offering my opinion from time to time."

But, even he will not campaign against them.


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sigh

[navyblue]

Who was the one senator that did not roll?

[Owl558]

So the California Republican party is a joke. What else is new? They haven't had their act together for years and years.

[calcowgirl]

 

CALIFORNIA: The New "Bipartisan" Strategic Growth Plan

                                              % of Legislators Voting For Bill
                                 Bond Value       Assembly          Senate
Prop #  Bill #   Description      (Billions)     Rep    Dem      Rep     Dem

1a      SCA 7    Prop 42 chg            n/a     50.0   87.5     92.9   100.0
1b      SB 1266  Transportation     $19.925     46.9   95.8     85.7   100.0
1c      SB 1689  Housing             $2.850     25.0   95.8     14.3   100.0
1d      AB 127   Schools            $10.416     37.5   95.8     28.6   100.0
1e      AB 140   Flood Control       $4.090     50.0   95.8     78.6   100.0

I posted a full list of the votes, for all measures, on my homepage.

 

 

[NormsRevenge]

I'll check the votes out shortly..

[Dilbert San Diego]

Democrats solidly control the Assembly and State Senate. Governor Arnold is the only check and balance against those guys. Last year they passed a homosexual marriage law, and this year, they are going for a textbook law that requires teaching homosexual history. You can bet any Demo. governor will sign these bills. Arnold vetoed same sex marraige, and may well veto the gay textbook bill.

As I see it, on social issues, Arnold is our only hope.

[Amerigomag]

And it shall come to pass ......

Somehow an "I told you so" doesn't feel so righteous any more. Maybe He's gone! would work.

GET RID OF THE AUSTRIAN LIBERAL BEFORE WE'RE ALL IN THE POOR HOUSE!

Vote for the brakeman. Vote for the pig farmer. Just don't vote for the liberal.

[calcowgirl]

This is what the GOP got from the deal:

• No union reforms
• No environmental reforms
• Tax dollars to be spent on illegal aliens
• Premium wages for union only projects

In other words, BOHICA. I will add...

• No Pay-as-you-go plan
• No Water projects
• No limit on debt
• ...

Yes. They got rolled. BIG TIME!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks, I am curious who the nay sayers are,, what a nbunch of imbeciles standing in the way of the noble work of our fine elected officials. ;-]

[Dilbert San Diego]

Why not vote for Arnold, though he's liberal as Republicans go, so he can be there to veto far out things like gay marriage and gay textbooks? What's the alternative, Steve Westly and or Angelides? Both publicly supporitng gay marriage.

why note vote for Arnold as the best bet on social issues, and vote against this hare brained bond issue in November? Politics and voting is making choices, though alternatives aren't always good.

What the heck do you prove if we end up with a liberal Dem. governor to go with a liberal Dem. legislature????

[Lx]

To go from Reagan to...

[calcowgirl]

Jeff Denham was the only "NO" vote on the flood control bill.

http://republican.sen.ca.gov/news/12/pressrelease3893.asp

State Senator Jeff Denham (R-Merced) cast the only "NO" vote in the Senate late last night against a short-sighted, inadequate flood control bond that does not address the critical needs of the Central Valley.

"A bond package of this magnitude without water storage will ensure that the San Joaquin Valley remains the most impoverished region in America. The responsibility for the economic and public health disaster that will certainly befall the poorest of the poor as a result of this action falls squarely on the shoulders of the Legislature. History, in short order, will hold them accountable,” said Fresno Mayor Alan Autry. “I commend Senator Jeff Denham for recognizing that this bond package without water will not only create insurmountable challenges on this generation, but will surely betray the future of our children and grandchildren. His courage to stand up for the Valley in the face of immense political pressure is truly extraordinary. I can't thank him enough.”

AB 140 is a $4.09 billion bond measure for levee repairs in the Delta, Sacramento and north of Sacramento, but it does not contain any funding for surface water storage that Denham, Autry and other Valley leaders have been fighting for.

“While I certainly support shoring-up the levees up North, I believe a true and complete water and flood protection bond includes building a dam that will protect cities in my district,” said Denham. “Flood control measures needed for Madera, Merced and Stanislaus Counties are absent from this bond. This bond leaves the Central Valley up a creek without a paddle.”

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[NormsRevenge]

Welcome to FR, dilbert, do we know you by another name here at FR, by chance? Make sure and donate to FR so we all can continue to have a place to discuss the issues and current dilemna in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.

California has survived dem gubs before and likely will have to again.

The gay argument for keeping aRnie is hollow (but at least you unlike many here at least broached it in a somewhat fair and open manner), he is for civil unions aka domestic partnerships and signed a number of bills in support of them, he also has offered that he would sign legislation for illegals getting DLs once the feds institute a refrom package that includes background checks.

To approve of a republican pushing a liberal agenda is to effectively leave the conservative movement nowhere to go in this state.

The New Majority should have thought about that before cutting everyone's throats including their own in a reckless quest for power. That is not what many anticipated would happen when they voted in support of the Recall of not so long ago.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

In other words, he opposed it because there wasn't enough largesse for his district...

[calcowgirl]

Both of the Republican "big five" participants, Ackerman and Plescia, voted FOR this garbage--every single bill! Their consistency can go right up there with the 100% Democrat support.

Most curious to me is still the Republicans who consistently did NOT VOTE at all!

Did they go home?  Were they shut out?  Why would these people consistently not vote?

 

Republicans Assembly Members Casting a NO VOTE on Strategic Growth Plan Legislation:

 

	SCA 7	SB 1266	SB 1689	AB 127	AB 140	AB 1467	AB 1039	AB 143
Name	Prop 42 Change	Transport'n	Housing	Schools	Flood Control	Public-Private Partnership	Enviro Streamlining	Design- Build
	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	Passed	Failed
Garcia, Bonnie	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Harman, Tom	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Haynes, Ray	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
La Suer, Jay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Leslie, Tim	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Spitzer, Todd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Keene, Rick	•	•	•	•		•	•	•
Bogh, Russ						•	•	•
Blakeslee, Sam	•
Tran, Van			•
Niello, Roger				•
Wyland, Mark					•
Benoit, John						•
Emmerson, Bill						•
Houston, Guy						•

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Why would these people consistently not vote?

So that they could talk the talk about fiscal conservatism while making sure that they got their district's pork passed.

[calcowgirl]

In other words, he opposed it because there wasn't enough largesse for his district...

That might have been my editorial comment, although I don't consider Water Projects and Dams to be largesse. Those would actually qualify as infrastructure, unlike much of the rest of this garbage.

[45Auto]

So what is the calculation? No more than 25% of every dollar spent actually goes for the project - the rest is spent on environmental impact studies and "species relocation" efforts?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

That might have been my editorial comment, although I don't consider Water Projects and Dams to be largesse.

Past a certain point, they are. I think the state as a whole went past that point about 25 years ago.