Candidate Statement
Below is the Ballot Statement as it will appear on your sample ballot;
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Ralph Denney
Small Business Owner
Common Sense... For A Change...
“It's the responsibility of Government to protect the civil liberties of its citizens, provide for their safety, health, and guarantee a brighter future by ensuring its youth a Quality and Relevant Education.”
We need solutions now for our budget, our schools, our streets and our public health.
As a businessman, I know firsthand the struggles businesses encounter in a state more interested in strangling our economy with oppressive regulations. The bureaucracy grows at the expense of creating and protecting job opportunities. As a proud Californian, I know the frustration of seeing our elected officials squander our valuable resources while ignoring the wellbeing of the people. The California budget is in complete disarray!
I have the leadership to balance the budget.
Clearly, we must enforce the laws of the land which already address illegal immigration. These laws will be enforced to stop its drain on our economy, education, and healthcare.
Math, Science and Reading abilities are so poor that a third of all students fail. Over half of every educational dollar is spent outside the classroom. Yet the school bureaucracies are cutting teachers instead of cutting waste. This is appalling!
I will ensure we cut waste and hire more teachers…
Our tax dollars must stop being squandered. I have the practical experience and determination to find, and to fight for real solutions. With your help, we can bring to California… Common Sense... For a Change...
I’m applying for a job… as YOUR Assemblyman…
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I would say the last sentence is perhaps the most important of all, for it does separate me from most people who stand for election to office... I do understand you will be hiring me for a job. A very difficult and important job... to turn this state around and to actually do the people's business. Not serve the special interests nor make impossible promises to gain votes. And certainly NOT to start running for re-election before I even take the oath of my office... But to work hard to find solutions to the problems facing our Great State. And if I don't... you - the people - will fire me in 2012.
Too many members of our State Government have forgotten this very simple concept that they are there at the will of the people to do a difficult job. And if they fail to do so... they should... and will... be fired by the people...
Thank you very much for your consideration of hiring me... Ralph
