By now our local officials have had a few weeks to mull over the crushing defeat they were handed by the electorate in Placer County and the 4th congressional district. Something tells me that the will of the people has not quite sunk in for our good friends.

Perhaps they did not get the message that this election sent loud and clear: Republicans want a clear unambiguous ideological conservative that will take the Republican Party back to the principals of Ronald Reagan. The voters of Placer County and the 4th CD rejected the vision of the status quo that Doug Ose and our local elected officials put forth. Republican voters rejected the notion that Washington DC is like a giant ATM machine from which we can get all the monies we need to fix local problems. The voters know intuitively that the system in Washington DC is broken and needs to be fixed. The voters know that Washington DC needs a man like Tom McClintock to join with like minded representatives from all over the country to restore our government to fiscal sanity.

Voters in Placer County are sick and tired of continuously being asked to reach into their pockets for one “good government” funding scheme after another. It is time our local officials got the message the era of big government is over. The era of small government has arrived. It is time for government to shrink in size. The burdens being placed on the tax payers dictate that all levels of government should go on a diet.

Doug Ose Spent 6.2 Million dollars in his bid to purchase the 4th CD nomination, and was doomed from the beginning thanks to his “I can deliver all the goodies you will ever need” approach. The people of the district said “no thanks” and sent him packing by 15% margin. McClintock was outspent by a 6-1 margin and won a resounding victory.

It is time that our local friends understand that Tom McClintock’s victory on June 3rd was a triumph of ideology. A traditional conservative triumphed over “pragmatic moderate”. I look forward to our local elected friends understanding the will of the people and charting a new course for Placer County’s future. I also look forward to our local elected friends endorsing our nominee Tom McClintock and working hard to help defeat Charlie Brown. I will be by their sides as we walk the precincts and call from the phone banks this fall.