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Contact: Richard Temple (916) 447-8186

January 6, 2009

State Senate candidate Russ Bogh's reaction to Governor Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address

The Governor's state-of-the-state today was a repeat of what we've been hearing out of Sacramento for the last few years. Instead of more blah, blah, blah, it's time for fundamental change and real action. California's economic crisis is too deep and too serious for more Hollywood stunts. We need genuine tax and budget reform- and we need to restore trust in state government by holding our elected leaders accountable for what they promise.

To start, we need to put an immediate stop to more reckless borrowing that's killing our economy - like the proposed $11 billion water bond that's full of pork. Mortgaging our children's economic future with a bond proposal that doesn't solve the problem, isn't the answer. We should be paying down our debt, not dumping it on our children.

We also need to put the brakes to excessive job-killing regulations - like AB 32, the Governor's green house gas bill that will put another bullet in California's economy.

And we've got to lighten the tax load for families and businesses, not add to it - to free more money for savings, investment, jobs creation and economic development.

Clearly, we need to dramatically change the way government conducts the people's business. We need to kick government in the pants. That's what I'll do in the State Senate, where I'll put my business experience and conservative values to work to get this state back on track.