2008 Woodie Awards
Angelides Visits Valley
State Treasurer has sights set on Arnold's office.
LaGina Phillips
Issue date: 3/2/05 Section: News
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Angelides spoke to a packed Monarch Hall about the "wrong turns [Gov. Arnold] Schwarzenegger has taken" regarding California colleges.
"Schwarzenegger is not prepared to ask the wealthiest of us to pay one dime more in taxes, but he's willing to tell 25,000 young people there's no room for them in our colleges," Angelides said. "I believe in the end we will be a stronger California if more of our children go to college."
The enthusiastic crowd of more than 250 guests attending the DPSF's general assembly rallied for the Democratic Party. Among the speakers were Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Community College District Board member Mona Field.
Angelides, who plans to run against Schwarzenegger in the 2006 race for governor said that Schwarzenegger has failed the state and lied to educators.
"[Schwarzenegger] has broken his promises to this state's educators."
Angelides, who has served as California's treasurer since 1998, has been called the "Anti-Arnold" by The Los Angeles Times and brags that, "Since Schwarzenegger took office I've been proud to stand as his opposition."
"We actually have one thing in common: [Schwarzenegger] said he was inspired to enter politics by Richard Nixon. You know what? So was I," said Angelides, who, at 19 decided to go into politics after seeing a "Dump Nixon" poster on a bulletin board at Harvard, where he was studying.
While Angelides was making his pitch for the governor's title, Hahn's focus was geared toward keeping his Mayor-of-Los-Angeles title.
"This election is probably more important than others. City elections directly affect the community," said Hahn, referring to the March 8 mayoral election. "This is a city that works for everyone, not just a few people."
