Heated debate in governor race

California's gubernatorial candidates engaged in a heated back-and-forth Tuesday over taxes, job creation and the state's economy as each tried to chart a hopeful course for the future of the troubled state in their third and final debate.AP in the Daily News.

Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown began their verbal jousting a few minutes into the debate at Dominican University in San Rafael as the conversation turned to Proposition 13, the measure approved by California voters that caps property taxes.

Brown accused Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, of promoting a plan to cut regulations and taxes that is designed to help her and her wealthy friends, particularly her proposal to eliminate the capital gains tax. Brown said that would benefit millionaires and billionaires most.