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Assemblymember Huber delivers anti-peripheral canal message in the form of 2,000 postcards

Posted by: Maven on November 10, 2009 at 8:31 am

From the Stockton Record:

“They haven’t come together on much lately, but there was one thing Assemblywoman Alyson Huber and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office could agree on Monday: Plastic crates full of postcards are heavy.

The Democratic lawmaker, whose district includes portions of San Joaquin County and the Delta, continued her public protest of Schwarzenegger’s support for a peripheral canal with an early morning photo op outside his Capitol office, where she hand-delivered an estimated 2,000 postcards from concerned constituents.

The postage-paid correspondence – detached from anti-canal mailers Huber circulated late last month – came from all over her district spanning San Joaquin, Sacramento, El Dorado and Amador counties.

They carried brief messages and many exclamation points, from “impeach!” and “is he crazy!!” to “this idea is simply ridiculous!” …”

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From the Lodi News-Sentinel:

” … “The governor showed how out of touch he is with my communities when, just hours after the water package was passed, he touted his plans to build a canal through the (Sacramento-San Joaquin) Delta at a business event in Stockton,” Huber said in a written statement. “He just doesn’t get it — he might as well walk into a Giants game wearing a Dodgers jersey.” …”

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November 10, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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