Posted by Michael Der Manouel, Jr. at 12:00 am on Mar 16, 2009 Comments Off on Fresno County Lincoln Club and Central Committee say “no” to Props 1A – 1F
Last Friday the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Club of Fresno
County voted unanimously to oppose all of the May ballot
initiatives being proposed out of the already failed budget deal
worked out between the Governor and Legislature. Board
Secretary Jeff Reid prepared a devastating, and irrefutable
critique of the initiatives.
Tonight, Jeff Reid and myself took to the podium at the Fresno
County Central Committee meeting. Reid presented his analysis
of the initiatives and his findings were met alternatively with
gasps and disbelief from the members and audience on
hand.
I appealed to the members on several levels, not the least that
it is regrettably time to part with our friends in the Legislature
if they betray our core values. There was more to my remarks,
but I will spare the details. The resolutions opposing the
ballot initiatives passed overwhelmingly, a bit later
duringclosed session. There wassome clamoring for
"equal time" for initiative proponents but those in favor of such
equal time should be glad they lost their argument, as the
proponents would have been thoroughly and completely
humiliated.
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