Criticizes Opponent for Attempting to Weaken Law In Spite of District’s Poor Air Quality
Corona-Norco school board member and Democratic congressional candidate Bill Hedrick told supporters today he’ll support the Clean Air Act while in Congress and work with clean air advocates as well as federal and local officials in improving the Riverside-San Bernardino region’s poor air quality.
“Congressman Calvert has been breathing the air in Washington for so long that he’s forgotten about the air that the rest of us breathe here at home,” Hedrick said. “Must be something in the Washington air that makes career politicians like Ken Calvert put special interest polluters ahead of regular people.”
Standing next to a copy of a full page ad national environmental organizations ran in the Washington Post criticizing Calvert, Hedrick noted the $350,000 Calvert has received over his career from oil, gas and electrical utility special interests to fund his political campaigns.
Hedrick, at a rally and press conference at Santana Regional Park in Corona Wednesday afternoon, also criticized his opponent, Congressman Ken Calvert, for trying weaken the EPA’s authority to enforce the Clean Air Act while representing an inland district struggling with poor air quality.
Riverside County, which covers roughly three quarters of California’s 44th Congressional District, has been ranked by the American Lung Association as second in the country for ozone pollution and third for long-term fine particle pollution.
Bill Hedrick has dedicated 35 years to teaching our children and advocating for educators in our public schools. He currently serves on the Corona-Norco Unified School District Board of Education, overseeing the 8th largest school district in California, serving 53,000 students. Bill is the board’s longest serving member at 22 years and has served five terms as president. In 2008, he came with 3,100 votes of defeating Congressman Ken Calvert, making the 2010 rematch for California’s 44th Congressional District one of the most competitive in the state.