Trying to write about particularly stupid legislation that is moving forward in the State Legislature is a sport akin to shooting fish in a barrel (see the video). That is to say that the freedom and liberty of Californians are under assault from so many directions that it is literally impossible to follow it all. In the case of hundreds of terrible, terrible bills, the only thing that stands between them and becoming terrible laws will be the veto pen of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Yesterday, our own Matt Cunningham blogged on a bill by Democrat Senator Ellen “free, unregulated people make me nervous” Corbett, SB 1313. In layman’s terms, this bill would seek 
to ban/severely increase the cost of the use of the “non-stick stuff” that is used in products like Teflon pots and pans, and in food packaging that is designed to not stick to the food inside of it. I thought that I would add my voice to Matt’s in a “blogospheric chorus of concern” – I mean, with a massive state budget problem due to billions upon billions in overspending, that Senator Corbett even has time to pen this kind of bill is beyond me. But then, Corbett is so liberal that she probably sees the budget financial mess as a unique opportunity to stick it to taxpayers.
This bill was up in a key Assembly policy committee last week, and I was stunned to see five Republicans casting votes in support – Bill Emmerson, Ted Gaines, Bob Huff, Alan Nakanishi, and Jim Silva. But, opportunity knocks as the legislation is still lacking the votes in that committee, and is coming back again today in committee – and I urge opposition from Assembly Republicans. We have a responsibility to present a contrasting view to that of the liberals who run the legislature, whether it be on a high-profile bill such as a major tax or fee increase, or this legislation here – the left’s assault on – Teflon. I would urge the aforementioned GOPers, all of whom I know, to step back and ask whether their support for this bill is a vote for increasing the role of state government in an area that is already extremely regulated, and are we making matters worse?
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June 24th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Jon, I asked one of the aforementioned Republicans about this today. He told me to look again. Can you clarify why the post does not have an addendum?