Blogger's Note - This is over the Transom and re-posted in its' entirety.

For Immediate Release
Contacts:  Elizabeth Wright  
202-467-5330
May 16, 2008  

CCAGWPAC Endorses Tom McClintock for California's 4th District 

Washington, D.C. - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGWPAC) today announced its endorsement of Tom McClintock for Congress in California's Fourth Congressional District. Mr. McClintock is running in the Republican primary against Doug Ose. The winner will face the Democratic candidate for the seat of retiring Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.). 

"Tom McClintock is a true fiscal conservative who has pledged to reduce the size of government by working to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse," CCAGWPAC Chairman Tom Schatz said. "He understands the critical need to end Congress's addiction to spending and earmarking."

Mr. McClintock is the only candidate for the Fourth Congressional District in California to sign the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) Earmark Reform Pledge. The pledge features 10 principles designed to bring increased transparency and accountability to the spending process. In fiscal year 2008, pork-barrel spending ballooned to 11,610 projects costing $17.2 billion.

Mr. McClintock's experience as a state senator gives him the skills necessary to tackle some of Washington's biggest spending problems. In 2007, CCAGW endorsed his plan to define the word "tax" in the state constitution and require a two-thirds approval by the state or local governing body in addition to approval by the voters to increase taxes. That same year, CCAGW endorsed Mr. McClintock's "Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Act of 2008," a mechanism to eliminate wasteful and unnecessary bureaucracies in the state of California.

"Tom McClintock has a long history of fighting for taxpayers and has never wavered in his efforts to cut taxes and wasteful spending. He has the ability to lead Congress to improve the future economic outlook. America needs leaders who say 'no' to the continuing spending and pork-fest in Washington. Tom McClintock will work in the best interests of California's Fourth District and taxpayers nationwide," Schatz concluded.

CCAGWPAC is affiliated with the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a 501(c)(4) organization. CCAGWPAC's mission is to support political candidates who will fight to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government and represent the best interests of taxpayers.

Paid for by the Council for Citizens Against Waste Political Action Committee. http://www.ccagwpac.org. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.