Posted on 02/14/2012 7:17:30 PM PST by Red Steel
Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich made a campaign stop at the World Ag Expo in Tulare. Gingrich met with residents and farmers, and talked about controversial issues like the California High Speed Rail Project. "I think Californian's better make sure that it's affordable and it's not just one more one more Sacramento boon goggle," said Gingrich.
Gingrich also addressed water issues that affect the Central Valley's largest industry, agriculture. "I think we have to revisit the entire way the Fish and Wildlife Service made its judgements and I would insist that we have some kind of economic rationality both with EPA and Wildlife," he said.
Crowds of people followed Speaker Gingrich as he toured the Expo, they shook his hand, snapped photos and listened to him speak. Mark Halverston, a Riverdale resident, thinks this stop will help Gingrich who's been falling behind in the Republican race. "I kind of think so, yeah, I mean this is a conservative area and I think it's probably what they're looking for," said Halverston.
Others say they're not fans of the dirty fighting that's happening between GOP candidates.
Gingrich came to Tulare from Bakersfield and is also having a fundraiser in Fresno.
Local TV video report at link.
Thank you all for the post and link. ( Go, Newt!)
Did he really say "boon goggle" or is that a misprint by the paper?
I have a friend who moved from Nevada to Sacramento for a job. She said she saw farms along I-5 with signs along the road which said “Call congress about this dust bowl!” She had heard the news reports on Hannity about the environmental movement shutting down the water to the farms in CA. but when she saw it she said it really sunk in. Good for Newt to address this disgrace. As for my friend, she now has $100.00 more a week taken out of her paycheck than she had in Nevada. She can’t wait to get out of California. She said the people she has talked to about the high taxes there do not realize it is any different elsewhere.
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