Schwarzenegger Bond Issue Not On The Ballot (Wilsonegger Gang Waterloo Alert)

Los Angeles Times ^ | 03/16/06 | Jordan Rau

[goldstategop]

Stymied by Republican resistance, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's hope of placing the most comprehensive rebuilding project in California history on the June ballot foundered Wednesday amid recriminations among legislative leaders and the administration.

The California Assembly approved only a $4.1-billion borrowing plan to shore up the state's levees and $19 billion more for school construction. But late Wednesday night, the Senate declined to act on either measure, and the upper house's leaders said further negotiations would have to focus on the November ballot.

Passing the hastily negotiated package "starts looking to Californians like we don't know what we are doing," said Senate leader Don Perata (D-Oakland)....

But it was his own party that proved the biggest obstacle to the rebuilding plan. GOP resistance grew as the governor signed off on Democratic demands to include money for affordable housing and urban parks and to increase the amount dedicated for mass transit.

A Field poll taken in February found that all those areas won public support of at least 63%, but GOP legislators did not consider the Democratic additions to be valuable uses of taxpayer funds. ...

Over recent days, the governor and his staff implored Republicans and their leaders to support the package, but in the end they could not find two Republicans in the Senate and six in the Assembly needed to guarantee approval.

[goldstategop]

I'm proud we stymied the Wisonegger Gang's plan to saddle a mountain of debt on Californians and successfully resisted entreaties to suppport a package loaded with pork. It deserved to die and it certainly would not have been of benefit to the taxpayers given it did not go to infrastructure. So yes, its news good news it foundered.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Rick_Michael]

Arnold could have done well for this state, but it seems he's not eager to do real good. His ballot were generally good, but far too reaching in a liberal state. All he needed to do was systematically impose steady cuts on spending, put in winable ballots, and relay a real conservative agenda. He could have been a shifting point in Caliberalforeignya.

[Amerigomag]

Thanks for your dedication so late last night!

[FOG724]

Passing the hastily negotiated package "starts looking to Californians like we don't know what we are doing,"

Starts? Starts???

[NormsRevenge]

..his own party that proved the biggest obstacle to the rebuilding plan. GOP resistance grew as the governor signed off on Democratic demands to include money for affordable housing and urban parks and to increase the amount dedicated for mass transit.

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The New Majority New Minority takes one in the ,, uhhh,, keester.

Tip of the hat to those who see the dems and Gub for who they are..

[NormsRevenge]

A lot of folks voted for a Terminator and all that has bothered to show up of late is an Appeasinator instead.

[goldstategop]

He signed off on all the Democrats' demands. I can guess who was advising him through all this. That same woman Dov Sundheim assured us who has nothing but the Governor's best interests at heart. Then again a COS is really a reflection on the Boss and I have to say Arnold's heart is longer in this job. He's no longer giving it his best. And you can imagine what happens to an employee who is no longer doing his best. He stops being indispensable. Look who might be terminated by the voters in November.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")