Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has put out a statement on the recent adoption of the Big 5/Big Taxes budget:

“The budget that was passed by the State Legislature is not the solution.  Instead of respecting taxpayers and championing job creation, Sacramento is increasing taxes on the middle class.   The proposed budget will kill jobs, hurt families and make future deficits even worse.”

We couldn’t agree with Whitman more.  The center piece of this budget deal is the largest tax increase at the state level in the history of the United States of America.

Whitman’s campaign also released a list of her Finance Committee which predictably contains a lot of heavy hitters from the Silicon Valley, as well as from around the state.  Our personal favorite:  Jenny Craig!  (Out of deference to Ms. Craig, we won’t call this a list of "heavyweights"…)

• Kathie Alden, Chairman, Woodside Hotels and Resorts
• Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Founder and Chairman, Silicon Valley Social Network FundMarc Andreessen, Co-Founder, Netscape Communications Corporation Co-Founder and Chairman, Ning
• Carol Bartz , CEO, Yahoo
• Caroline Beeson, Ph.D. 
• Dick Boyce  Partner, TPG Capital
• Sandy Boyce
• Brigitte Bren, Attorney
• Kelly Burt  Chairman, Price Holdings
• Laurie Burt
• John Chambers, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Cisco SystemsJohn ClareyChairman, Clarey Capital Group
• Jenny CraigFounder, Jenny Craig Weight Loss Systems
• Ray Crebs  
• Sally Crebs
• Rajiv DuttaFormer CFO, President PayPal and President, eBay Marketplaces
• Kim Fletcher, President, Investor Leasing Corporation
• Marilyn Fletcher 
• Jennifer Fonstad  Managing Director, Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson
• Ann Ginn, Director, Ginn Family Foundation
• Sam Ginn, Retired Chairman of the Board, Vodafone AirTouch PLC
• John Hagestad , Managing Director and Principal, Sares-Regis Group
• Merry Hagestad   
• Lynette Hayde, Businesswoman
• Michael K. Hayde  CEO, Western National Group
• Dee Higby, Community Leader
• Jeremy Hogue, President and CEO, Sovereign Healthcare
• Ali Jahangiri, Chairman, Healthnews.org
• Mark Chapin Johnson, Chairman, Mark Chapin Johnson Foundation
• Bob Kagle, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
• Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision
• Floyd Kvamme, Partner Emeritus, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers
• Paul Makarechian, CEO, Makar Properties
• Papa Doug Manchester, Founder and Chairman, Manchester Financial Group
• Jillian Manus, Partner, Manus & Associates Literary Agency
• Scott McNealy, Chairman of the Board, Sun Microsystems
• Mary Meeker, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
• Al Montna, Chairman, Montna Farms
• Gail Montna
• Barry Nussbaum, CEO, BNC Real Estate
• Patrick O’Reilly, President and CEO, O’Reilly Public Relations
• Amy Price, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
• Garrett Price, Vice President, Business Development & Partner Services, PayPal, Inc.
• Ann Reed, Community Volunteer
• Cam Starrett, Businesswoman
• Pete Starrett, Senior Executive, Freeman Spogli & Company
• Glenn Stearns, Chairman/CEO, Stearns Companies
• Nick Stonnington, President, Stonnington Group, LLC
• Tom Tellefsen, Chairman, Tellefsen Investments
• Alexandra Tran, General Counsel, Nguyen Tin Legal Services; General Counsel, Vietnam Exodus
• Foundation
• Thomas E. Tucker, Chairman, PennHill Properties
• Maynard Webb, Chairman and CEO, LiveOps
• Irene Webb 
• Gary L. Wilson, Former Chairman, Northwest Airlines

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.