Contra Costa taxpayer groups release report cards for State reps
November 15, 2007
The Contra Costa County Taxpayers published the report card grades for local state reprentatives based on their fiduciary duties to represent taxpayers. Here are the results:
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association (www.hjta.org) has released its Legislative Report Card for 2007: state lawmakers from our area were rated as follows:
- Senator Tom Torlakson = F
- Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier = F
- Assemblywoman Loni Hancock = F
- Assemblyman Guy Houston = A
The California Taxpayers Association (www.caltax.org), which has been around since 1926, recently issued its annual Cal-Tax Voting Record on the bills they considered most important. State lawmakers from our area took the same position advocation by CalTax in the following percentages:
- Senator Tom Torlakson = 0%
- Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier = 17%
- Assemblywoman Loni Hancock = 13%
- Assemblyman Guy Houston = 100%
The California Chamber ranked how these member voted for Chamber backed legislation
- Senator Tom Torlakson = 1 of 14
- Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier = 1 of 14
- Assemblywoman Loni Hancock = 3 of 14
- Assemblyman Guy Houston = 14 of 14
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With the track record Guy Houston has, he should be the favorite to replace current Supervisor Mary Piepho. Piepho has been a disappointment to her constituents and the county as a whole. She has displayed little financial understanding and has, unfortunately become a shill for the county employee unions.
Houston has excellent financial experience which he has displayed as an Assemblyman as well as good representation of his constituents. Piepho has not represented the voters well at all. Just ask the folks in Alamo and East County.