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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (5399)	8/19/2003 6:24:06 PM
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Positive coverage of Bustamante's soak the rich tax increase from the UK Bustamante Unveils Calif. Economic Plan Tuesday August 19, 2003 10:19 PM By TOM CHORNEAU Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Hours before Gov. Gray Davis planned his first major address on the recall election, the leading Democratic candidate to replace him unveiled a financial plan Tuesday that imposed most of the pain on the state's wealthy and its businesses. Bustamante made his pitch outside his home in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove, targeting middle-class voters with a pledge of lower taxes. ``The folks at the top have to pay their fair share,'' Bustamante said. ``The folks at the bottom have to pay something and the people being squeezed in the middle need some relief from the car tax and college fees.'' In Davis' address Tuesday night, aides say the governor would ``speak candidly and from the heart,'' about his administration's failures while also attempting to set the record straight on a variety of issues from the state's lingering economic troubles to the power crisis of 2001. In the coming weeks, Davis will also travel the state to make his case directly to voters, said Peter Ragone, spokesman for the Californians Against the Costly Recall. Davis has so far refused to aggressively defend his administration or rebuff the criticism coming from replacement candidates. His spokesmen have said he wanted to stay above the recall's circus atmosphere. Aides to the governor said he would compare the recall to President Clinton's impeachment, the 2000 Florida presidential voting, and the attempt by Texas Republicans to redraw legislative boundaries, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The address by Davis at UCLA will be among several key plans released this week as major candidates begin to address the critical issues facing the state. With the Oct. 7 election just seven weeks away, Bustamante's economic plan is the first major policy announcement by a high-profile candidate in the week after the slate of 135 candidates was certified by the secretary of state. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised a discussion of economics on Wednesday, planning a news conference after a private meeting with advisers who include billionaire investor Warren Buffett and former Secretary of State George Shultz, spokesman Rob Stutzman said. On the same day, Schwarzenegger is set to begin airing television ads. Fellow moderate Republican Peter Ueberroth, the former baseball commissioner, also plans to make his first campaign appearances that day. The flurry of planned appearances was matched by activity in the legal system. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice said that the compressed schedule of the special election would not violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The issue has been raised by civil rights lawsuits seeking to postpone the election to ensure the voting rights of minorities in counties where they typically vote in low numbers. ``This is plain vanilla, black and white, setting the election date. This is not a problem,'' said Jorge Martinez, a Justice Department spokesman. Meanwhile, a federal judge in Los Angeles said he would rule Wednesday on separate arguments to postpone the election because some counties will use old punch-card voting machines. The American Civil Liberties Union claims that the machines used in six counties have error rates as high as 3 percent. guardian.co.uk