Posted on 04/08/2002 6:06:15 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Republican nominee Bill Simon Jr. pledges that as governor he would cut taxes, balance the budget, create child-care programs at every school and preside over a freeway-and reservoir-building spree.
But despite spending much of the last year touting himself as "the candidate of ideas" who will focus on the nuts-and-bolts issues Simon says Californians care about, he has put forward only sketchy plans on how he would achieve several of his ambitious goals.
On some issues, such as the budget, Simon furnishes long lists of proposals. In other areas, however, he offers fewer details.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
And this is the most "conservative" candidate they could find. I guess that term doesn't carry as much meaning as it used to.
And this is the most "conservative" candidate they could find. I guess that term doesn't carry as much meaning as it used to.
Yep makes him sound like a nutty lib doesn't it? I don't suppose that it has to do with the liberal Times reporter interpreting what rebuilding our state means, when he says a "building spree."
Careful what you read in the press -- especially the LA Times, and how much of it you believe verbatim.
Bill Simon is a successful businessman who has made a career out of rescuing struggling businesses and making them profitable again. He can do the same for California, and it won't be by way of what a cynical reporter calls a "building spree."
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