Posted on 02/25/2009 7:57:07 AM PST by SmithL
Assemblyman Roger Niello is the thinking man's Republican. If that sounds like an insult directed at some Republicans, it is.
The man from Fair Oaks, a car dealer by trade, is a bit of an outcast in his own party for daring to put duty above orthodoxy.
One of six Republican "yes" votes on a torturous state budget that raised taxes, brought needed reforms and prevented California from running out of cash, Niello should be hailed. Instead, he is vilified, as he was on conservative talk radio last week, for believing that statewide insolvency was worse than raising taxes.
Over the weekend, Niello's fellow Republicans – in a move straight out of "Animal House" – put him on double secret probation. They voted to deny state party funding for campaign mailers for Niello and the five other Republican tax traitors.
Can a wedgie be far behind?
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
The Bee thinks a politician’s “duty” is to raise taxes.
Taking budgeting advice from the Bee is like taking dieting advice from Oprah.
Dear Marcos,
Niello is being “villified” for voting to pass an irresponsible budget that will destroy the California economy. He is being “villified” for authoring a totally bogus sham of an initiative and calling it a “spending cap.” He is being “villified” for forgetting who he is there to represent — the taxpaying citizens of California — not than the narrow special interests who will benefit from his Public Private Partnerships legislation.
Is it any wonder that the SacBee is struggling when they publish this kind of rubbish?
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