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Shawn Steel

Speaker Makes Best Argument Against Prop 93

Steve Maviglio, spokeshole for CA Assembly Speaker Fabian “Louis Vuitton” Nunez, must be auditioning for a new job. He knows his boss’ career is dying with Prop 93’s February defeat, which is why he unleashed this attack on the California Nurses Association for contributing to my wife’s campaign. Once again, Democrats attack hardworking, middle-class Californians and demonstrate how out-of-touch they are with their own union constituency. (You can read Jon’s excellent commentary this morning for the complete rundown on Nunez’s problems.)

Nunez is targeting the California Nurses Association because they had the audacity to question the Speaker’s rich and famous lifestyle paid for with their campaign contributions. Last month, the LA Times (hardly a member of the vast right-wing conspiracy), uncovered that Nunez was scamming campaign contributions from union members to pay for his overseas adventures. Nunez spent over $100,000 in political contributions on overseas trips, Louis Vuitton bags, expensive bottles of wine, and meals at fancy restaurants.

In defending his lifestyle, Fabian said, “"There’s not too big a difference between how I live and how most middle-class people live."

Mind you, Núñez recently purchased an upscale $1.25 million Sacramento mansion with mortgage payments in excess of $100,000 a year. The only time working class people visit Nunez’s mansion is when they are there to clean it.

Nunez proved during this year’s budget that no union is safe from his vengeance. Nunez and legislative Democrats balanced this year’s budget on the backs of CA teachers by raising their taxes by $170 million. Democrats would rather pay for Steve Maviglio’s $175,000 annual salary and recent pay raise than give teachers a tax credit for their out-of-pocket classroom expenses.

Louis Vuitton shopping sprees, million dollar mansions, tax increases on teachers, and now an attack on California’s nurses. We don’t need to attack Prop. 93. Everyday, Fabian’s foibles make the case against it.

One Response to “Speaker Makes Best Argument Against Prop 93”

  1. steven_maviglio@yahoo.com Says:

    I’m glad you cleared that up, Shawn. Perhaps you can tell the Republicans who read your post why the Nadar-endorsing CNA is contributing to your wife and why she accepted their funds. Or maybe spend some time talking about the virtues of Sheriff Corona, who your wife is pictured with on her campaign website.

    I also hate facts to get in the way of your post, but you got my salary wrong. And FYI: funds for legislative employees are fixed in a separate account created by Prop 140, which limits the growth of the legislative budget. Under Speaker Nunez, the spending for the speakers office has been level or decreased, depending on the year.

    The teacher tax credit was eliminated by the Governor in his budget. And because your Republican friends in the legislature wanted billions more cut, there was no support for it among the Republican Caucus either.