Posted on 01/18/2007 12:00:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO — Saying that Californians have "lived in denial" about the crisis in the state's prisons, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday complained that apathy in the electorate is to blame for the lack of will in the Capitol to address the corrections system's overcrowding and rising costs.
... Schwarzenegger said the prison problem is not "sexy," because it does not affect people's lives directly, as schools or transportation issues do.
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Schwarzenegger has proposed $10.9 billion in new borrowing to expand the prisons, and wants to reexamine the state's penal code to see if sentences for some crimes are too long.
Schwarzenegger said that when it comes to the subject of prisons, "people have always lived in denial or brushed it under the rug for years," ...
He said legislators, ... , were more willing to take action this year because of the threat that the courts will order prisoners to be released.
"So that makes everyone wake up here and say wait a minute, we can't go to the people and say to them, 'Look, they're back, because we failed you,' " the governor said.
In the half-hour interview, Schwarzenegger also said that though he believed his health-care proposal was "very fleshed-out," he was willing to alter it if doing so would help develop a consensus in the state and the Legislature.
"My job is to be the facilitator and just to bring them together and to paint the nice vision for the future and to say, 'Here's where we could be 20 years from now, think about it,' " he said, speaking in general about how he views his gubernatorial responsibilities.
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Occasionally, he gets one right..
It is the voter's fault.
Take the top couple of hundred on death row and turn them into 'past tense'. That will give a little more slack for Arnie.
Can`t do that the poor dears might suffer a painful death.
Hey Arnold, what percentage of inmates are illegals? Perhaps enforcing immigration laws will reduce the stress on the prisons........and schools........and welfare system.........and health care system.....and on and on.
Let's get one thing straight - we can't blame the prisoners.
Let's get one thing straight - we can't blame the prisoners.
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Or trial lawyers or defense attorneys who lobby for more laws so they can have a steady stream of clients aka perps.
California prison guards - the most powerful union in America
Or the Prison Union... nothing is their fault either.
Since when does something have to be "exciting" for "public servants" to do their jobs?
It's comforting to know that the same person that helped Gray negotiate their last contract with the CCPOA is also in the ear of the Gubinator, huh?
What a charade it has been. New boss, same as the old boss.
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