Steve Westly Quotes (17 Quotes)

Governor Schwarzenegger has taken the state in the wrong direction. He has spent too much of his time attacking teachers, nurses and firefighters.

People are looking for someone to fix problems. He's out there attacking nurses, firefighters and teachers. That's not what people want to see.

Cathedral City City Councilman Paul Marchand piggybacked off another's question regarding the price of gasoline. Marchand focused on Westly's intention to run for governor and asked for a commitment to (putting California) on a leading edge (of clean technology) beyond just hybrid vehicles, ... absolutely and unequivocally yes.

I do think this is different than federal Pell Grants. I think putting a limit of five years on Pell Grants is a mistake. It pains me to see us spending so many resources on a war in Iraq and cutting back on essential things back home, like providing loan money for our students.

He has taken a hard right turn. The Governor is attacking nurses, firefighters and teachers. It is clear he is taking the state in the wrong direction. California can't afford four more years of his politics or his policies.

The big question is, can we afford 25 billion bond this year. What this is going to do is add probably 2.2 billion in debt service cost that is going to have to come out of the budget.

I will win my share, ... The more people who look at this race, the more people think I will be the strongest candidate.

You just need to make sure you don't go too far, ... Be careful, keep a cool head.

U.S. states discharge a heavy responsibility to invest on behalf of millions of public employees. We believe it is inevitable that at some point the U.S. will join the other G8 countries and introduce limitations on the emissions of greenhouse gases. That is why we are leading investor collaboration to gather the data on corporate greenhouse gas emissions required to undertake prudent investment management. And that is why CalPERS, CalSTRS and the California Treasury are participants in the Carbon Disclosure Project. We encourage fund managers interested in our business to follow suit.

We do understand that students may not get into the class they want or that they are the children of parents that have five or six kids, and therefore can't finish in two years. That's fine we give them six years to meet any one of those conditions but whoever takes these loans out needs to take responsibility.

Increased cash flow is always good news, but the state still faces a multi-billion deficit that Sacramento must get serious about.

I believe California should provide free community college for every student who commits to completing a two-year education. Students would have six years to complete one of these programs.

We want to catch this scam before it gets out of hand, ... We think it will cost the state tens of millions of dollars if this continues.

I've seen hundreds of start-ups across Silicon Valley. The little-known secret is that community colleges produce more tech workers than Stanford of Berkeley combined. And many of their graduates go on to found their own companies.

Make community college free for every Californian. But ask for responsibility in return.

has lost the trust of the people of this state.

We need to start acting like a country, ... It's up to us to lead the world.