Meg Whitman takes campaign to Philippe’s diner
Source: Cathleen Decker/PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times blog)
For a moment Wednesday, it seemed like a venerable piece of Los Angeles had dropped into Iowa, where in campaign years the act of getting a sandwich brings the threat of conversation with a political candidate.
Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor, stormed Philippe’s French dip shop near downtown just before the midday rush, shaking hands, talking to voters and performing the difficult task of biting into a beef double dip while discussing one’s jobs plan...
She said, as she had during Tuesday’s third and final debate with Democratic nominee Jerry Brown, that she was open to a "fix" on the state’s global warming law, known as AB32.
For most of the campaign, Whitman has emphasized her desire to halt the measure for a year in order to study it, and she also has opposed November’s Proposition 23, which would stall the measure until the jobless rate falls dramatically.
"So I want to freeze the law, the implementation of the law, and fix it," Whitman said. "And here’s what I want to do: Can we change the implementation schedule? Can we change some of the way that we’re going to implement this law so it doesn’t hurt businesses so immediately, like trucking or packaging or manufacturing? But I believe that there is a way to protect the 3% of the jobs that are green jobs while we don’t hurt the other 97% of the economy."
She said such a fix had always been part of her thinking.
"Well, the reason that you would put a moratorium on for a year is to say, gee, will employment decrease, but, more importantly, is there a way to fix AB32 in such a way that it would be good for green jobs, we can still have national leadership on the environment but also not hurt the other 97% of the economy?" she asked.
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