Don't call him a politician
The freshman assemblyman has been out and about, getting his bearings on the new job. Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga, was at the swearing-in of two Cucamonga Valley Water District officials on Tuesday and then moseyed over to the open house events at the offices of Supervisor Janice Rutherford and Sen. Bob Dutton on Wednesday. He was looking spiffy in a jacket and tie, shaking hands and smiling. You know, like a politician.But if you read Morrell's guest column in today's paper, you'd never have guessed his occupation. While slamming his "friends across the aisle" for their big government ways, Morrell calls politicians "out of touch" and wonders why "our government refused to listen to the common sense of the California people."
Morrell successfully won his bid for Bill Emmerson's termed-out seat this November on a platform of "I'm a businessman, not a politician." Voters here seemed to like this about him. But how much longer can he be a non-politician?
Californians have common sense???
Aren't we the same people who keep voting for special programs without any way of funding them?
Aren't we the ones who want lower taxes but our sacred cows to be left alone?
Aren't we the ones who keep blaming our problems on the government that we elect and install, instead of ourselves?
Hmmm....