Editorial

Camejo for governor

WITH ELECTION DAY quickly approaching, many in our campus community are still unsure as to who to vote for tomorrow.

Amid concerns over the cost of an education, many Californians not earning a living wage and an every-increasing set of environmental concerns confronting California as well as the rest of the world, Peter Miguel Camejo appears to be the best candidate for governor.

With regard to the issue of affordable education, Camejo supports providing financial aid and state funding for tax incentives to make a college education more affordable — curbing the burdens of rising tuition costs in the process.

Further, Camejo will work diligently to improve the quality of California’s community colleges by holding board members responsible for wasteful spending, hopefully resulting in better prepared graduates, professionals and transfers to universities such as our own.

As governor, Camejo would also work to enact statewide living wage laws in light of the fact that working persons and families are still living in poverty while working minimum wage jobs. As students, this prospect is particularly appealing because of the chance of the money we make performing meager roles going a little further than it currently does.

Lastly, furthering California’s already progressive environmental policies is a top priority for Camejo.

He promotes increasing California’s use of alternative fuel technologies, banning oil drilling off of the coast and preserving the remaining 4 percent of California’s ancient old-growth trees.

As Ralph Nader insisted during the 2000 presidential election, there is not “a dime’s worth of difference between” between the Democratic and Republican Parties.

In our opinion, the same phrase is applicable to the contest between Schwarzenegger and Angelides this November.

Why not join the Green Party in establishing alternatives to the stranglehold of our current two party system?

A vote for Camejo tomorrow would represent such a move, which is why The Collegian endorses this candidate for governor.

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