CAMARILLO : Candidate Tours Solar Power Firm
Democratic congressional candidate Anita Perez Ferguson announced her endorsement by the League of Conservation Voters Thursday while touring a solar power firm with former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt.
After touring the Camarillo headquarters of Siemens Solar Industries, Babbitt, the league’s president, said solar power is the type of renewable energy that environmental groups support.
During the tour of the world’s largest manufacturer of solar cells, Babbitt criticized a charge that environmental regulations cost jobs.
“Unlike other elected officials who hide behind the false rhetoric of jobs versus the environment, Anita knows that the environment does not have to be compromised to stimulate the economy,” Babbitt said.
Perez Ferguson is facing Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) in the race for the 23rd Congressional District seat, which represents Carpinteria and all of Ventura County except for most of Thousand Oaks.
Citing a 90% decline in federal spending on alternative energy research and development since 1979, Perez Ferguson said she would support tax credits for companies engaged in such research and development.
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