Posted on 01/14/2008 5:09:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO -- Softening his past opposition to changes to California's term-limits law, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to endorse a February ballot measure that would allow many sitting lawmakers to run for office again this year rather than be forced to leave the Legislature, said people close to the governor and the campaign.
Schwarzenegger's backing is a boost for the Proposition 93 campaign and its chief proponent, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles), who will be forced out of his seat after this year unless the term-limits law is changed.
Nunez endeared himself to Schwarzenegger by pushing the governor's health care overhaul through the Assembly last month. And the speaker has offered only muted criticism of the governor's plan to cut education, health care and social services spending to balance the state's budget.
Schwarzenegger denied last month that the two had cooked up "an exchange" of support for their pet measures. But his endorsement conflicts both with his original view on term limits -- that he opposed any changes -- as well as comments he made throughout last year that he would support changes only if a measure were placed on the ballot to strip lawmakers of the power to draw their own districts.
The governor was planning to make his position public on Tuesday, said the sources, who said they spoke on condition of anonymity because the governor's office wanted to control the timing of the announcement.
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In addition to possibly extending Nunez' time in office, the measure could lengthen the terms of Senate President Don Perata (D-Oakland) and more than a dozen other sitting lawmakers. That provision has led opponents to describe the initiative as a thinly veiled effort by incumbent politicians to maintain their power.
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Vote NO on this bill, it only allows Democrats to stay another term.
We were supposed to get redistricting reform, remember, in return for Prop 93 being put on the ballot? We didn’t, and even the leftist LATimes complained.
I’d’ve voted against 93 ANYway, of course, but this is worth remembering.
It’s a fraud Governor — just like the global warming/CO2 emissions nonsense.
Snap out of it sir!
Nothing Arnold does surprises me anymore. He might as well be a Democrat.
Wow, he turned out to be nothing more than an opportunist.
Pretty disappointing.
Still better than Gray Davis, Cruz Bustamante, or Phil Angelides at least.
He has outspent all of them pikers and then some.
Another day, another reason for another RECALL!
Yeah. I think that’s called ‘damning with faint praise’...
meanwhile..
California’s $49 Billion of Debt May Be Cut by Fitch
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a9pHgkzkfY_Q
California, the biggest U.S. seller of municipal bonds, may have the credit ratings on $49 billion of its debt lowered by Fitch Ratings as a slowing economy leaves the state with a $14 billion budget shortfall.
Louisiana is at the bottom, then California when it comes to state credit rankings
This whole prop is just the “keep Fabain Nunez(sp?) in power bill.”
Vote NO on Prop 93!!!
Anthing supported by these incompetent crooks is worth a no vote.
Don Perata is the other idiot who would benefit most... tho it is unlikely he would serve another full term if the FBI and DoJ ever wrap their 3 year long infleunce peddling investigation and let a Grand Jury make the call indictments-wise.
3 years and it is still an ongoing investigation.
from
Has Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez traded ideals for power?
OLD SUPPORTERS SAY FABIAN NÚÑEZ HAS STRAYED FROM HIS POPULIST ROOTS
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_7741451?source=rss
Fabian is also now under the scope by the FPCC for ‘extravagant spending on first-class travel, fine wine and purchases at high-priced retailers such as a Louis Vuitton store in Paris, a surprising revelation about someone who has fashioned himself a champion of the poor.
Núñez insists the campaign expenses were legal, ethical and directly related to invitations from dignitaries for whom he bought gifts. But his foes await the results of an investigation by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.’
Worst vote I have ever cast. McClintock for Governor. Recall the Liar-ator.
Yep. He’s the other one. Couldn’t remember his name because I hear Fabian’s name so much on talkradio. They both need to go. They are as bad as Willie Brown. Yuck!!
Don’t tell me. You voted for this asshat! No, Tom McClintock would have been better than all these liberals. And if everyone, including those on FR, had actually voted for McClintock like they said they would instead of this clown; we wouldn't be in the hell-of-a-mess we're in now!!
FYI, by the time Schwarzenegger leaves office it is going to be practically impossible to get another "R" elected dogcatcher much less governor for any time in the near future. He’s poisoning the CA electoral well with his liberalism and flip-flopping where elections are turned by the twenty percent registered “I” who turn elections !
No, this clown is NOT “better than Gray Davis, Cruz Bustamante, or Phil Angelides” because he campaigned as a “conservative” and he IS NOT!!! He is PHONY! A traitor is ALWAYS worse than an adversary because at least you know where your adversary stands on issues. But a traitor pretends to be on your side while "stabbing you in the back!"
Is there a way we conservatives in Mexifornia can take back the party? Have any ideas?
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