March 18, 2015 The Julian News 13
California Commentary
Anti-Taxpayer Forces Hit New
Low in Special Election
by Jon Coupal
Last November's election saw
some of the most craven political
tactics ever seen in California.
Fearful that they would lose
the two thirds supermajority
in both houses, many anti-
taxpayer candidates - usually
Democrats - attempted to
portray themselves as friendly
to taxpayers and in favor of
Proposition 13 when, in fact, the
exact opposite was true. Perhaps
the worst example of this was the
race between Proposition 13 ally
Janet Nguyen and Jose Solorio
for a Senate seat in Orange
County. Democrats were so
fearful of losing this seat that
Governor Brown Unleashed radio
advertising claiming that Solorio
was the candidate who would
protect Proposition 13. Thanks
in large part to the Howard Jarvis
Taxpayers Association Political
Action Committee, voters were
informed that Nguyen was by far
the superior candidate over the
proven tax-and-spend Solorio.
Thankfully, she won the election
handil j receiving more than 58%
of the vote.
Well, to paraphrase Ronald
Reagan, here we go again.
On March 17th, voters in
the East Bay area of Northern
California will decide who will
fill a state senate seat. Or,
more likely, they will pick two
candidates who will face one
another in a runoff election. In
this race, there are three viable
candidates - all Democrats.
The lone Republican candidate,•
MJchaela Hertle, dropped out of
the race and threw her support
behind Steve Glazer, a moderate
pro-business Democrat who
appears to be a good fit for this
fiscally conservative, socially
moderate district.
The problem is that Glazer
he said he would not support a
change in Proposition 13's rules
regarding property owned by
businesses.
Labor organizations would like
nothing more than to prevent
Glazer from being one of the top
two vote getters next week. Ifthat
occurs, then the only candidates
appearing on the ballot in the
May runoff election would be two
tax-and-spend, labor compliant,
left leaning Democrats. For
Proposition 13 supporters, this is
the worst case scenario.
So, rather than tell the truth
about their anti-taxpayer
agenda, the labor organizations
have financed an. expensive
mail campaign in favor of the
Republican who has dropped
out of the race. This may seem
crazy, but the goal here is to
confuse Republican voters into
voting their party as opposed to a
moderate Democrat who actually
has a chance to win.
This strategy reveals two
things. First, powerful public
sectorlabor organizations will
stop at nothing to advance their
narrow interests. Second, they
recognize - as do most political
observers- that Proposition 13
and the interests of taxpayers still
resonate powerfully in California.
While the Howard Jarvis
Taxpayers Association PAC
has not endorsed a candidate
in this special election, we
reserve the right to do so in the
runoff election. But one thing
is certain. Of the candidates,
Steve Glazer appears to be the
most sympathetic to thd issues of
concern to California taxpayers
- including the preservation of
Proposition 13. Ata minimum, he
is the least beholden to unions.
And in this state, that is saying
something.
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