Jerry Brown might destroy what’s left of California’s economy

By
Art Pedroza
– February 9, 2010Posted in: 2010 elections, california, democrats, environmental extremists, Fresh Juice, steve poizner

 

“Republican politicians and conservative activists are launching a ballot campaign to suspend California’s landmark global-warming law, in what they hope will serve as a showcase for a national backlash against climate regulations,” according to the L.A. Times.

Supporters are serious.  They have commitments of nearly $600,000 to gather signatures.  The proposed ballot measure will delay curbs on the greenhouse gas emissions of power plants and factories until the state’s unemployment rate drops.

Presumed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is a major supporter of Assembly Bill 32, which this proposed initiative will seek to rollback.  Brown’s acolyte, Mary D. Nichols, chairwoman of the state’s Air Resources Board, has been championing AB 32 as well.

There is little doubt that AB 32 will finish off what is left of California’s economy.  To do this when there is still no clear evidence of global warming is just damned irresponsible.  Ironically, the East Coast is frozen solid – so much so that the House of Representatives just canceled all votes for the week!  And here in Southern California we are drowning in rain.  So much for global warming!

I was happy when liberal wacko Gavin Newsom canceled his gubernatorial campaign.  In fact we gave Brown a free ad here just to make sure Newsom would lose.  I forgot all about that ad and today I received an email from the Brown campaign asking me to remove the ad.  I was more than happy to do so!  In fact we replaced it with an ad for the Steve Poizner campaign.

We cannot afford another Brown governorship.  The sad thing is that too many Republicans appear to be enamored of Meg Whitman, the inexperienced zillionaire who has, up until now, refused to debate her sole GOP opponent, Poizner.  

Can we really afford another rich GOP whackjob with no experience?  No. 

Poizner at least has experience, both in California and in D.C.  He is getting pushed aside by Whitman’s money, but Republicans need to think about what they are doing.  Brown will eat Whitman alive.

The only other choice for the Republicans will be to draft someone else as their gubernatorial nominee, but time is short and their cupboard is quite bare.  And few GOP politicians want to run for Governor knowing they will have to deal with a Legislature full of lame tax and spend Democrats.

So Poizner it is.  Either we get behind him, or we let Brown win and ruin our state.  The choice is clear.

As for AB 32, there is good news.  A survey by the Pew Research Center found that 28% of the public considers global warming a high priority, a drop of 10 points from 2007.   This issue could tank Brown.

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