NEWS RELEASE CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER PHIL ANGELIDES 915 CAPITOL MALL, ROOM 110, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 . (916) 653-2995 . FAX (916) 653-3125 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 29, 2005 STATE TREASURER PHIL ANGELIDES’ STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S VETO OF THE CIVIL MARRIAGE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROTECTION ACT SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Treasurer Phil Angelides issued the following statement regarding Governor Schwarzenegger’s veto of Assembly Bill 849, the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom Protection Act: “By vetoing the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom Protection Act, Governor Schwarzenegger has come down on the wrong side of history. Governor Schwarzenegger had the chance to enter the pages of history with the likes of Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson; instead he has chosen to be listed alongside George Wallace and Strom Thurmond. Just as Wallace, Thurmond and many other segregationists came to regret their errors, I hope that Governor Schwarzenegger will come to change his views.”

The "people's" governor strikes (the people) again. Standard Republican fare. We Californians are used to this, but are not accepting. Many were willing to give the Groperzenegger a chance, but he blew it by not following his own campaign promises and now making Davis seem like the last great thing. Angelides, a true progressive, has the guts to step into the fire and pursue the job duties of a politician as described in high school textbooks rather than the party playbook. Only in California can a politician successfully appeal to the liberal fantasies of a somewhat enlightened populace. Remember, California does not follow the nation; it sets its own course and invites the rest to participate (not many have since 2001)