I received the following statement from Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform.  FR readers will recall that is ATR’s No New Taxes pledge that Maldonado egregiously violated.  No one forced him to sign the pledge, and no one forced Maldonado to vote to smack California taxpayers with the largest tax increase ever in the history of any state…

“I urge California legislators to reject political payback for the guy that provided the deciding vote for the largest state level tax increase in the history of the United States.

First Abel Maldonado gets his ballot measure that would destroy the integrity of the primary election process in exchange for throwing already over-burdened California taxpayers under the bus, breaking his promise to not raise taxes in the process.

Now Abel Maldonado is on the cusp of rising to higher office.

This is not someone California taxpayers want sitting just one heart beat away from becoming governor.

The only job his recent behavior recommends is senior senator from Nebraska”

FR readers will recall that ATR presented an award to Maldonado when he was appointed..

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.