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Senator Roy Ashburns Holiday Message
| By: Bill Curtis 8:59 PM Monday, November 24th, 2008 Viewed 69 times. Rating: 0 |
I have lived most of my life in California’s Central Valley and have seen with my own eyes how the economy has impacted the lives of my constituents. We lived through the oil shortages and stagflation of the 1970’s and the boom and bust cycles of the 1980’s and 1990’s. Among my relatives and close friends are persons who have known the deprivations of the Great Depression. I can say from personal experience that tough economic times do not last forever. When we came together as a state and as a nation we have weathered through the most difficult of times.
From a distance California’s state government seems like an impersonal monolith only concerned with the affairs of narrow interests groups. I can assure my constituents that there are many persons of good will in Sacramento, on both sides of the aisle that are working hard for the welfare of all Californians. Our job is to grow the economy by balancing the budget, providing incentives to businesses, and by making this government the most efficient in the country.
We can be thankful during this Thanksgiving season that persons of good will in the Capitol are in good faith working to mend the state government. There will be moments of doubt when differences of opinion will overwhelm the common good. There must be compromise in the end to move California forward again. As always the real hard work will be done by the workers and businesses of the state who will create the new industries and innovations that will once again make California the economic engine of the United States.
Let me wish all a peaceful and serene Thanksgiving rich with the warmth of our loved ones. And my special thanks to the servicemen and women abroad whose devotion to our country never wavers even in the face of constant sacrifice.
ROY
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