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In a move that is sure to save the state of California from its epic budget catastrophe, Gov Brown has banned all state agencies from purchasing promotional products. A whopping $7.5 million was spent by the state on these items between 2007 and 2010. This should make Californians sleep easy knowing the $25 billion deficit is being seriously attacked.

The fact that Brown is raising Californians ridiculously high taxes and fails to cut the state's exorbitant entitlements and regulations is enough to lose confidence in the Governor. But the way he referred to promotional products as "plastic gewgaws" shows me he is ill-informed and only worried about symbolic measures.

Promotional items have been used in the state to promote health and wellness, to promote environmental issues and to raise awareness for public initiatives. I don't hear the Governor banning the purchase of brochures, signs or posters that will certainly "end up in a landfill" as the governor glibly stated.

It's also quite enlightening to notice how many "Elect Brown for Governor" promotional products you can find by a quick google search. He or someone in his campaign obviously didn't feel the items were "useless"  when the message was about capturing political power.

I find it telling that the Governor would feel at ease belittling an industry full of hard working Californians, while pandering to the least productive.