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Old 01-02-2010, 09:22 AM
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Meet Candidates for California Governor

Steve Poizner and Tom Campbell

January 2, 2010

Dear XXXXX

The RPLAC meeting on Thursday, January 14 presents a unique opportunity for you to attend, without cost, to meet and ask questions of Gubernatorial candidates Steve Poizner and Tom Campbell. Meg Whitman has been invited but is not attending.

Republican Party of Los Angeles County Central Committee Meeting

When: Thursday, January 14, 2010

Time: 6:30pm - Reception
7:00pm - Meeting

Who: Governor Candidates Tom Campbell and Steve Poizner

Where: Mike Curb Financial Center at the Junior Achievement Center
6250 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068

STEVE POIZNER:

Steve Poizner

Steve Poizner was elected California Insurance Commissioner on November 7, 2006 and took the oath of office on January 8, 2007. Poizner has been described as "independent" (Modesto Bee), "a man of integrity" (LA Times), someone with "an impressive command of the issues" (SD Union-Tribune) and having a "reformist bent" (Sacramento Bee).

A highly-successful businessman/entrepreneur, Poizner founded several technology companies. His last company, SnapTrack, pioneered life-saving technology that put GPS receivers into cell phones. This technology is now the industry standard and can be found in more than 700 million cell phones around the world. Poizner also founded and served as chief executive officer of Strategic Mapping Inc., a company that assisted police departments, utilities, transportation companies, banks and retailers with selecting new locations and plotting distribution logistics.

Poizner has long been active in public service and civic affairs. From 2001-02, he served in the White House as the director of Critical Infrastructure Protection in the National Security Council. Starting one week before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Poizner was responsible for issues such as emergency communications planning for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and protecting Internet/banking system/power grids from cyber attacks. In 2006 he was elected as a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (nominated by former Secretary of State George Shultz).

Poizner is also a strong advocate for education reform. He was a co-founder of the California Charter Schools Association, the state's leading charter school organization. Since his involvement began, the number of charter schools in California has doubled. He also co-founded EdVoice, a statewide organization that advocates education reform and promotes issues such as charter schools, accountability and local control. Poizner has also served on the boards of several organizations committed to assisting disadvantaged children in K-12 public schools.

Find out more about Steve Poizner on his website.

TOM CAMPBELL:

Tom Campbell

Tom has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. His faculty advisor was Milton Friedman. Prior to that, Tom had obtained his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Chicago, on the same day in 1973. He then entered Harvard Law School where he served on the Harvard Law Review Board of Editors. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law in 1976. After law school, Tom served as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White. Thereafter, Tom returned to the University of Chicago for his economics doctorate, received in 1980. His free market economics training cemented a life-long commitment to limited government and greater individual liberty.

In 1978, Tom married Susanne, his bride of now 31 years. From 1980-1981, Tom was a White House Fellow in the Office of the Chief of Staff. He then served in the Reagan Administration as Director of the Bureau of Competition, at the Federal Trade Commission from 1981 to 1983.

In 1983, Tom was offered a professorship at Stanford Law School. Tom received full tenure in 1987 at the age of 34. At Stanford, Tom's classes included antitrust, international trade law, corporate law, and constitutional law, with a particular emphasis on the application of economics to legal problems. At Stanford, Susanne continued her life-long interest in Russia, becoming fluent in Russian, and managing tours to the then Soviet Union. In 1992, Berkeley's Center for Research in Management hired Susanne to help establish a business school in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was the Executive Director of that program for 16 years.

In 1988, Tom again entered public service. Tom served as a United States Congressman for five terms representing districts in the Silicon Valley. He was also a California State Senator, and the Director of Finance for the State of California. In Congress, Tom served on the Judiciary Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, the Banking and Housing Committee and the International Relations Committee. He has served since 2004 on the Council of Economic Advisors to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. During Tom's tenure as State Finance Director, California's budget was balanced with no tax increases, no new borrowing, and no accounting gimmicks.

Tom has received many accolades for his public service. To name a few, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation named Tom the most frugal member of the 102nd Congress, based on net annualized spending reductions in legislation he proposed. The California Journal named Tom the #1 overall State Senator; the State Senate's Best Problem-Solver, and the Most Ethical State Senator.

In 2002, Tom was appointed Dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. As Dean of Haas, Tom stressed the importance of corporate social responsibility and business ethics amid an era of corporate scandals. Under Tom's Deanship, the newly formed Center for Responsible Business took firm root, as well as the Center for Non Profit Management. The Haas School's rankings shot up in every category and every survey during Tom's tenure as Dean; most dramatically, reaching the rank of no. 2 in the nation according to the Wall Street Journal in Tom's last year.

In 2009, Tom and Susanne took a leave of absence to move to Southern California where he joined the Chapman University School of Law in Orange County as the inaugural Presidential Fellow and Visiting Professor of Law. He also serves as an economic advisor to the international law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.

Find out more about Tom Campbell on his website.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to meet the candidates. We look forward to your attendance on January 14th.

Sincerely,

Jane Barnett Sig


Jane Barnett, Chairman
The Republican Party of Los Angeles County
jane@lagop.org
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Old 01-02-2010, 10:04 AM
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Neither Steve Poizner nor Tom Campbell seem to have any existence outside of attending college, being appointed to positions or making lots of money.

Nobody gets my vote who will not explain what communities they come from or belong to now or what shapes there broad point of view. Here's an easy question to answer and most candidate submit this kind of information right away: What religion are they now and what religion were they raised under?

Steve Poizner served on the National Security Council and made a fortune sticking GPS devices in cell phones so your location is always available to some interested party. He did both these things. I think I'll skip Steve Poizner.
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