SACRAMENTO ––
Following up on her repeated criticism of President Obama’s failure to
ever visit California’s Central Valley during his presidency,
Assemblymember Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, had a letter hand delivered to
U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein during her visit to Modesto today, asking
her to encourage President Obama to visit the area.
Senator Feinstein was in Modesto today for a luncheon hosted by the Modesto Chamber of Commerce.
In the letter, Olsen writes, “The
president has made several fundraising trips to California, but he has
refused to visit the Central Valley despite repeated invitations – even
from members of his own party. If he was truly committed to revitalizing
the economy, you would think he would take the time to see ground zero
of the recession. Instead, he has maybe only peered at the aching
Central Valley through the window of Air Force One as he jets to and
from San Francisco and Beverly Hills.”
Olsen has been vocally critical of the president’s seeming complete disconnect with the plight of the Central Valley.