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| CA prison union endorses Angelides |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/07/2006 |
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SACRAMENTO, CA - The 31,000-member union representing state prison guards, with millions of dollars in reserve for spending on the November election, endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides on Wednesday. The union has tangled with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger since he took office and is in the middle of contract negotiations with the administration. It also helped derail Schwarzenegger's special legislative session on prison reform this summer and his proposal to spend $6 billion on prison construction. Last month, the union aired a television commercial accusing Schwarzenegger of a "cop out" on solving overcrowding in the prison system, which has 172,000 inmates and is 70 percent over capacity. "He dabbled in prison reform, retreated, then declared us to be the enemy," union President Mike Jimenez said in a statement announcing the endorsement. "At the end of the day, we don't trust him." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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