One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
CA Dem Party Slams GOP Candidate Perry, Says He's Not What Californians Want
Photo via @GovernorPerry on Twitter
Election 2012 approaches, and with possible candidates just now making declarations of their intent to (not) run, those who are already in the race have been making appearances and raising bucks. Now the California Democratic Chairman John Burton has released a statement on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s California Fundraising Swing, and he says Perry is not what our state wants.
Says Burton:
Like all the Republican candidates running for President, Rick Perry wants to double down on weakening the security and stability American families want, need and deserve. He and his Republican cohorts would repeal Wall Street reform, end Medicare and gut funding for K-12 education leaving American children ill prepared to compete in an increasingly demanding economy, all so that millionaires and billionaires can keep their tax breaks. That’s not the type of leadership Californians are looking for and they will reject Rick Perry and the rest of the Republican field’s extreme policies.
Perry might not also be the favorite among potential voters. A couple of recent polls find him losing ground to Herman Cain, and he's taking some heat for his stance on Confederate symbols. Now Perry, along with fellow GOP candidates Mitt Romney and John Huntsman are boycotting a scheduled Univision debate, at the urging of Florida's GOP, which may affect how voters around the nation, including here in California, feel about him.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
