Posted on 08/29/2003 9:52:21 PM PDT by songwrangler
Why Tom McClintock Should Be California's New Governor
A Candidate Who Can Bring Calm To The Current Chaos In The Capitol
By Danney Ball
I don't know about you but I like it when there is a good captain in charge of any ship that I'm a passenger on. It seems lately in California the recall election is being referred to either as a circus or a mistake. I think most citizens in the Golden State now realize that it clearly is not a mistake ... and most of the people I talk to don't like the idea of it being referred to as a circus either.
Seems what we need now in California is a good leader to help guide the ship of state into a safe harbor. That is why I am going to vote for state senator Tom McClintock in the recall election on October 7th.
Here are my reasons why:
1. Tom has the experience and the guts to reject the fuzzy math continually being served up by the state legislature. He has shown that he will stand up to special interests and reject tax and spend ideas in a heartbeat. He has the steady hand that our state needs right now to guide us through the storm and get us safely out of the money mess Gray Davis has gotten us into.
2. Tom is a family man of principle. He has no outside interests and can spend all of his time just doing the job in the rough days ahead. What we need now is someone who knows how the state got to this point fiscally, and how to get us back on course without huge tax increases or radical cuts in education and other vital services.
3. Tom will not be spending millions of dollars on this campaign that have been collected from special interest groups and gambling interests. Many on his team are unpaid volunteers involved in the campaign because they believe as I do ... here is a good, honest, and knowledgeable man who will be able to handle the job. He would have made a great state controller. He will make an even better Governor.
4. Tom McClintock is a man that democrats and independent voters can get behind. He is not going to sit in the governors chair and try to tout social issues or impose conservative ideas on the citizens of California. My take is that he is interested in the main problems staring us in the face here and that problem is one of dollars. Expenditures and the state budget has to be the main focus of the next governor of California.
5. Tom loves what he is doing in public service. I get a sense that he is in state politics partially because he views it as much more than a job. He sees his career in government more as a calling. Long after others have become bored with the tedious day to day problem solving Tom McClintock will be burning the midnight oil. He is dedicated to the role he plays in helping to find answers to the hard problems that crop up on a continuing basis.
I haven't known Mr McClintock very long. Most of what I have learned about him I have learned by watching how he campaigns and how he treats people. Like you, I want the best leader we can find to take control after the votes have been cast in this recall. As far as I am concerned, we will be darn lucky if Tom McClintock prevails. It would be a pretty safe bet that our state will then be in good hands.
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Danney Ball ran for governor of California and lost in the 2002 primary to Bill Simon. He chose not to run in the recall but focus on retiring Barbara Boxer in 2004. *This article may be reprinted or forwarded without further permission.
My old arthritic fingers are just too slow.
Isn't it amazing how such simple things sometines require explination? lol!
Perhaps they *can* but thus far, they have not!
If Gary Coleman can run, then Danney can, too.
There's a big surprise.
Dont shout that too loud or you will cost McClintock the few votes he has.
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