SAVECALIFORNIA.COM NEWS RELEASE
March 10, 2010 -- For Immediate Release
ACTION: Call Roy Ashburn's office at 916-651-4018 or email him and demand that he resign. Even if you're told he has voted pro-family in the past, he is untrustworthy now. Also call your California state senator and state assemblymember and tell them to urge Roy Ashburn to resign. Find their contact information.
Sheldon Killpack more honorable than Roy Ashburn
Utah Senate majority leader resigned after drunk driving arrest in January
Sacramento -- Californians calling for the resignation of state Senator Roy Ashburn are comparing him to more honorable elected officials who have resigned after losing the public's trust.
"It's to California's shame that former Senate majority leader Sheldon Killpack of Utah is more honorable than Roy Ashburn," said former Assemblyman Larry Bowler (R-Elk Grove), a retired lieutenant of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. "Killpack swiftly resigned after being arrested for drunk driving because he didn't want to become a public distraction to the people's business. Roy Ashburn was arrested for drunk driving in a state-owned vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .14, but he's too arrogant to resign despite being the tabloid story of the State Capitol."
"Other elected officials who've been caught in indiscretions that created a cloud of public distrust have done the right thing by resigning," said Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a leading pro-family, pro-child organization. "It's high time for Roy Ashburn to also do the honorable thing and resign his office, and end his career as a good role model for children, instead of a bad one."
Former Utah state senator charged with DUI
Associated Press, February 2, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A former state senator who resigned after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence was charged Tuesday with two misdemeanors. Salt Lake County prosecutors charged Sheldon L. Killpack, 41, with one class B count of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and one class C count of failure to signal. If convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and up to three months in jail, respectively.
Killpack quits Legislature after DUI bust
GOP colleagues praise senator for 'taking responsibility.'
The Salt Lake Tribune, January 16, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack resigned from the Utah Senate on Saturday, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The Syracuse Republican issued a statement Saturday afternoon saying that after discussing his options with his family and trusted friends, he decided to leave the Legislature. "My heart weighs heavy. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the legislative process, my legislative colleagues and for my constituents. At this time the Legislature would be a distraction from what is most important and, frankly, I find that I have become a distraction to the Legislature," Killpack said. "In light of that, I have decided to tender my resignation as majority leader and as a Utah state senator, effective immediately."
Resigned or decided against reelection after losing the public's trust
2010: Eric Massa, Democratic congressman from New York
2010: Sheldon Killpack, Utah state senate majority leader
2009: Mike Duvall, Republican California state assemblyman
2008: Eliot Spitzer, Democratic Governor of New York
2007: Larry Craig, Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho
2006: Mark Foley, Republican congressman from Florida
2005: Kevin Shelley, Democratic California Secretary of State
2004: James McGreevey, Democratic Governor of New Jersey
2003: Steve Samuelian, Republican California state assemblyman
Yesterday in Bakersfield, Jaz McKay's radio show on KNZR 1560 covered the controversy, with listeners overwhelmingly calling upon Ashburn to resign. In the show's online poll, more than 90 percent said he should resign.
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