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Endorsements: June 2012
By Indy Staff
Santa Barbara Independent
In the eight times Lois Capps has run for a seat in the House of Representatives, this paper has always endorsed her. We have never regretted it. For the 12 years she has been in Congress, Capps has continually proved that public service and effective politics need not be mutually exclusive in Washington, D.C.
By Michael Doyle
McClatchy Newspapers
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Central California Republican congressional candidate Abel Maldonado is haggling with the Internal Revenue Service over some $470,000 in disputed taxes, court records show.
The IRS says the money is owed for errors in some complex deduction and depreciation calculations. Maldonado, in turn, is challenging the agency in U.S. Tax Court, even as he pledges to commit his own funds to a race against Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara.
When we evaluate elected representatives, shouldn’t we look at what they have done for the people? After all, this country was set up for with one primary goal — the well-being of the people.
Rep. Lois Capps seems focused on us, the citizens. She works hard to ensure our returning servicemen and women are not tossed aside, but are helped to re-enter society and find jobs.
By Kathryn Watson
New-Press Staff Writer
Massive, bright posters for precinct walking and phone banking sign-ups lined the hallway of Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps' Santa Barbara office on Sunday, awaiting the names of volunteers her campaign organizers know are needed to prevail in the high-profile race and preserve her seat in the United States Congress. "We need you!" reads one eye-catching poster. "Join our grassroots team."
Ms. Capps, who faces likely the most difficult re-election campaign of her political career since she first took office back in 1998 due to Congressional redistricting, as well as a general dissatisfaction from the American public with the status quo in Washington, made a point of connecting with as many individuals as possible at her energized campaign kick-off event. Her team knows that each of the approximately 200 consistent volunteers and nine full-time campaign staff members operating out of three offices in Santa Barbara, Isla Vista and San Luis Obispo will be key to winning the people of 24th Congressional District in the primary on June 5, just 78 days away from today.
SANTA BARBARA – In another blow to his campaign for Congress (CA-24), on Sunday former Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado failed to win the endorsement of the California Republican Party. A Schwarzenegger protege, Maldonado was recruited to run by Washington insiders, yet he continues to be rejected by Central Coast Republicans.
By Lois Capps
Last week marked a tremendous victory for women’s health as the Obama administration announced new rules that improve insurance coverage of preventive health services for women. These new rules, based on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine’s expert panel (IOM) and initiated by the new health care law, will ensure all women have access to quality affordable care that has been proven to improve their health.
SANTA BARBARA – Continuing to show strength, Representative Lois Capps' reelection campaign has reported its best fundraising quarter for the 2012 cycle. The Capps campaign collected $321,643 during the final fundraising quarter for 2011. The campaign was supported by over 750 individual donors, with 73% contributing less than $200 and 77% of all individual contributions coming from Central Coast supporters.
SANTA BARBARA – Congresswoman Lois Capps released the following statement after the adoption of final congressional district lines by the California Redistricting Commission:
“I am pleased to announce that I will be running for election to the 24th congressional district to represent the people of the Central Coast in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new 24th district is comprised of a wonderfully diverse array of communities, from coastal communities like Cambria, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, to vital agricultural centers such as Paso Robles, Santa Maria and the Santa Ynez Valley, and important centers of education, military and high tech like San Luis Obispo, Vandenberg Air Force Base and Goleta. I am very excited to have the opportunity to once again represent the hardworking people of these wonderful communities.
SANTA BARBARA – Today the campaign of Congresswoman Lois Capps released a web ad denouncing false attacks on her from the National Republican Campaign Committee. The ad points out that the real threat to Medicare comes from the so-called Ryan plan, adopted by the House in a partisan vote, which would privatize Medicare by turning it into a voucher plan. Capps has been on record in opposition to the Ryan plan but some of the politicians supported by the group that is running the ad have yet to take a position on it. The ad can be viewed here: http://www.cappsforcongress.com/.
WASHINGTON – Today, Capps Campaign Spokesman Randolph Harrison issued the following statement in response to a National Republican Campaign Committee political ad buy in Congresswoman Capps’ congressional district. The content of the ad has been thoroughly discredited by the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, which gave the ad “4 Pinocchios”, its most acute rating for errors and obvious contradictions in an advertisement.