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April 8, 2009 - 5:28 PM
NATASHA LINDSTROM Staff Writer
GLENDORA • Former state GOP Chairman Mike Schroeder served Assemblyman Anthony
Adams with a recall notice on Wednesday evening, about an hour before Adams
began his fundraiser headlined by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I handed Adams the petition, he reached out and took it, and I said, ‘On behalf
of the taxpayers of the 59th Assembly District, let the games begin,” said
Schroeder, who delivered the notice of intention to recall Adams, R-Hesperia,
just before 5 p.m.
Recall co-chairs Schroeder and Lee Lowrey, chairman of the conservative Atlas
PAC, seek to oust Adams primarily for signing a no-tax pledge but voting in
favor of a budget that includes $12.5 billion in state tax increases.
“The second reason is the budget’s still not balanced, even with this massive
tax increase, because we haven’t cut spending enough,” Schroeder said. “We want
to get someone in there who’s going to vote against any more new taxes.”
Adams defends his budget vote as a “necessary evil” to pass a budget in both
houses. He said he is against any new taxes to close shortfalls beyond the $41
billion shortfall patched in February.
The Schroeder-Lowrey recall effort has already raised about $70,000 through its
Web site, RecallAdams.org, Schroeder said. He estimates the drive needs $60,000
more to ensure success.
There are several nascent efforts to recall the six Republicans who backed the
budget.
Hesperia community activist E.T. Snell has already served Adams and
Schwarzenegger with initial recall notices deemed valid by the Secretary of
State. Snell’s PAC, early in its fundraising efforts, has its own Web site,
RecallsCalifornia.com.
Only two recalls of California legislators have been successful since 1914 —
both in 1995 — and Schroeder chaired both efforts.
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