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Friday, April 18, 2008

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1. CHP GRADUATION..............................................VO/SOT

2. MARIJUANA PAIN RELIEF..................................VO/SOT

3. TOXIC VITAMINS?................................................VO/SOT

4. NEW REPUBLICAN LEADER..............................VO/SOT

5. SPAM BILL............................................................VO/SOT

4. NEW REPUBLICAN LEADER VO/SOT

LIVE: THE FIRST NEWLY ELECTED LEGISLATIVE LEADER TO TAKE HIS POST IS SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER DAVE COGDILL WHO BEGAN THIS WEEK. HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED BY HIS CAUCUS TO LEAD THE MINORITY PARTY.

SUPER: STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:25) COGDILL MOVED INTO HIS NEW OFFICE ON THE HISTORIC SIDE OF THE BUILDING ON MONDAY AND OFFICIALLY TOOK THE LEADER TITLE ON TAX DAY. HE SAYS HIS CAUCUS WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY TAX INCREASES TO BALANCE THE EXPECTED EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. DEMOCRATS IN BOTH HOUSES HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH CUTS ALONE. COGDILL CLAIMS CALIFORNIANS WOULD RATHER LAWMAKERS SET PRIORITIES FOR WHAT BUDGET ITEMS SHOULD BE CUT RATHER THAN FACE TAX HIKES. COGDILL SAYS HIS FIRST PRIORITY IN THE COMING WEEKS WILL BE WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO SPEED UP ALLOCATION OF TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, LEVEE AND SCHOOL BOND DOLLARS TO CITIES AND COUNTIES.

SUPER: SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER DAVE COGDILL/R-MODESTO

SOT: (:39)

SAYS: "AN AWFUL LOT OF THAT MONEY HASN'T GONE TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE RED AND GREEN TAPE ... IF WE CAN ACHIEVE IT."

VO TAG: COGDILL RECEIVED A BALLOON BOUQUET FROM THE GOVERNOR WELCOMING HIM TO HIS NEW OFFICE. INCOMING DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY SPEAKER KAREN BASS WILL BE SWORN IN MAY 13TH, IN TIME FOR THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION TO THE STATE BUDGET WHICH IS EXPECTED IN MID MAY.

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SUPER: SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER DAVE COGDILL/R-MODESTO

SOT: (:24)

SAYS: "WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO STREAM LINE ... GET THAT OUT AND IN PLACE."

SOT: (:26)

SAYS: "MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR HE'S BEEN VERY STRONG ABOUT THE ISSUE OF TAX INCREASES ... THE CHANCES OF SEEING THAT REVENUE MATERIALIZE ARE NOT VERY GOOD."