Talk:Steve Westly

message: I readded the quote about Westly's plans being overambitious since it's factually sourced. But comparing your edits to those of the Phil Angelides page, I would like to ask if you are a Campaign Operative for the Angelides campaign or not? If so then you are welcome here, but all contributers have to follow WP:POV and Wikipedia:POV_pushing. Taunting Westly by saying "Despite Feinstein endorsing Angelides" and saying (this group endorsed Angelides too) is not acceptable under Wikipedia rules. You can add the fact that these groups have endorsed Angelides on his page. And the term "momentum" is used on Angelides page as well, and I agree to the usage on both gentlemen's pages because their campaigns seem to alternate momentum weekly. I also added a quote about Westly supporting the Internet tax and Angelides' stance on immigration to balance things out. Just so you know, I am not a registered Democrat and have cast an absentee vote for another party, and I have absolutely no stake in the Democratic primary except that I am most likely not voting for Mr. Westly or Mr. Angelides.--Folksong 06:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not an operative.  Didn't mean to "taunt"--you'll notice that I mentioned the dual endorsements on both pages, and I don't think the Angeldies campaign wants that EPA thing anywhere near his entry.  I was going for balance, but I'm not up to speed on wiki style yet.  Thanks for your understanding.--Caliwiki 07:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

text: couple other points:  though I think the internet tax statement is legit, it is an existing tax that isn't getting collected, not a new tax, which some people might think is an important point.  Also, both Westly and Angelides have essentially the same position on Prop 98 (for it, though they differ on how to fund it) and on National Guard troops at the border (against).  When someone has the time (and if it's not Tuesday yet!), they might want to mirror those issues in both candidate's pages.--Caliwiki 07:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality, folks 

message: Steve Westly endorses the use of SPAM (broadcasting messages to a wide variety of uninterested people).  During his 2006 campaign to become govenor, he copied recorded messages to telephone answering machines.Chuck Simmons 01:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Robocalling, as it is known, is a common practice; singling Westly out for doing it when many other politicians and campaigns do it as well seems, frankly, ludicrous. Also, it is inaccurate to call robocalling SPAM, since political recorded messages are legal in California. (This comment is not meant to express an opinion on the practice of robocalling or on Steve Westly, just to belatedly set the record straight.) - gohlkus 20:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spammer 

message: Under "Political Career", it says he was elected as the Northern Treasurer of the California Democratic Party at age 23, in 1981. If his birthday is correct, he would have been 24/25 in 1981, not 23. Either the year he was elected is incorrect, or the year he was born.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigGreenKayaker (talk • contribs) 00:45, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age incongruity 

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