Now that Steve Poizner, the $6 million failed Assembly candidate has moved into the race for insurance commissioner, state Senator Abel Maldonado has announced for State Controller, just six months after being elected to the state Senate in the 15th District. This was after telling the San Luis Obispo Tribune in April that he was considering a bid for insurance commissioner.
In his announcement Maldonado told the San Luis Obispo Tribune (June 9, 2005) –
“‘I just think it's one of the most important jobs in state government -- to stop runaway spending -- and I think I've got a proven track record for that,’ he said Wednesday, two days after filing with the secretary of state.”
Let’s flashback to the good old days when the state was running a budget surplus and Mr. Runaway Spending was singing a different tune. According to a Los Angeles Times article on budget pork (June 7, 2001):
“One submission left little question as to which lawmaker was behind it: $500,000 for the final phase of the Abel Maldonado Youth Center in Santa Maria. The item was among those being sought by Assemblyman Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria).”
Maybe we should head down to Santa Maria to get a photo of the youth center for the campaign brochure…
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