Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on May 22, 2009 Comments Off on Incoming Assembly GOP Leader Dumps Niello, Who Voted For Higher Taxes, From Budget Vice Chairmanship
This morning the
office of Assembly Republican Leader-Elect Sam Blakeslee announced
that his first official leadership team member is north state
Assemblyman, and former State Senator, Jim Nielsen (pictured
right). Nielson, who has been serving as the GOP’s
point person on the Appropriations Committee will now occupy a
positionthat Blakeslee is calling the "Chairman of Ways and
Means" for Assembly Republicans — and in addition to being the Vice
Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Nielsen will also serve
as Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee.
Not mentioned in Blakeslee’s release (he’s ever so tactful) is
the significant shift of pulling out of Roger Niello from his
coveted Budget Committee slot, in order to give it to
Nielson. Niello, who is quite unapologetic about his decision
to hit Californians with over $14 billion in higher taxes (and his
attempt, with his support of 1A, to actually boost that figure… Read More