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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
 Amador County – In related news, Congressman and 3rd District Representative Dan Lungren announced today his endorsement of Republican candidate Meg Whitman for Governor. “Meg Whitman possesses both the leadership experience and innovative spirit needed to lead California back to prosperity,” Lungren said. Whitman, a 30-year California resident, has developed a reputation as “one of the world’s most respected business leaders,” according to her campaign website. She has been involved with the strengthening and rebranding of a number of companies, including Ebay, Proctor & Gamble and FTD. Whitman became a billionaire while helping eBay grow to 346 million users. Her past political experience includes working as National Finance Co-chair during Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and as National Co-Chair for McCain-Palin 2008. She has called for sharply shrinking California's work force by laying off more than 30,000 state employees, far more than the 5,000 proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger. “As badly as I feel about the 30,000 or 40,000 people that will lose their jobs, I feel even more badly for the millions of Californians who are paying higher taxes, who are looking at a state that is not working,” Whitman said. Whitman and State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner are against Proposition 1A, which sets state spending limits but trigger $16 billion in extended tax hikes, and Prop 1C, which allows $5 billion in borrowing against future lottery proceeds. Whitman said she is honored to have Lungren’s endorsement. “For three decades, Dan Lungren has served Californians with distinction in Congress and as our attorney general. His commitment to public service is unparalleled as is his integrity and staunch support of conservative ideals,’’ Whitman said. “Her strong values and her vision for creating jobs and curing our state’s out-of-control spending give me great confidence in her ability to fix our broken state government and grow our party,” said Lungren. Story by Alex Lane
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