Steve Maviglio Quotes (15 Quotes)

yet another reminder that the governor has failed to provide leadership in Sacramento and work with the Legislature to get things done.

On any other expenditure done by the state, prevailing wage is the law. If you begin to chip away here, it would start undermining the wages that are paid to California workers.

It's almost like you're praying, ... Your hands are closely cropped together with one hand on each side of the BlackBerry. Your thumbs do all the walking and that is basically the wrong way to do it.

They have an inherent conflict of interest.

The governor is proving that he's a crafty actor. Every day, it's a new image. The truth is, no one believes a word he says because he's broken so many promises and gone through so many metamorphoses.

A lot of Democrats love Maria, and many like her husband. But these initiatives would destroy what Democrats stand for in education and health care. I could see how she could stand by her husband -- but I can't see how she could stand by Republican ideas.

I noticed sharp pain in the area between my thumb and index finger, ... I remember making more telephone calls deliberately to avoid having to use the keyboard and the BlackBerry.

Any move by the governor to embrace Democratic values is good news for the state. However, it leaves many Democrats, as well as Republicans, wondering if he has any core values at all.

This fundraiser has been held for nearly a decade and was planned more than a year ago. The notion that the speaker is supporting this bill for any other reason than it is good public policy that will save California consumers 1 billion is absurd.

You know a campaign is going south when a candidate stops talking about his issues and postures for the cameras,

The governor is finally waking up to the fact that the Bush presidency has been a disaster for California.

We've marched down the field and are inside the 10-yard line. The speaker is increasingly confident we can hammer the language on an agreement soon.

The job has not been offered or discussed. There hasn't been a single conversation.

Perhaps if the governor stopped campaigning for five minutes and started governing, ... he would know that there have been no attempts to revive the car tax. It's also important to remember that no tax increase can go into law without the support of two-thirds of the Legislature and the governor's signature.

But don't tell everyone else to live within their means when you can't do it yourself.