I already got chewed out for pingin one of my good FRiends to one of his articles just the other day on the same subject. One really hasta be careful or it'll be hasta la vista, baby!!! (grin)
What is this... a goose chase? A link to a link to a link? LOL. You were referring to the following, right?
Dan Walters: Governor finds Hollywood's ways don't work at Capitol
Actually, I followed that link earlier... no surprises in that article, except to those who want to keep their heads in the sand. I think the column hits it right on target, and the sooner folks become aware of it, the better, IMO.
Excerpt:
In Hollywood, everyone is always pitching something (Schwarzenegger calls himself a "salesman by nature"), everyone always talks in positive superlatives, and no one believes anyone. The Hollywood practice is to leave the real work to lawyers, who draft jillion-page contracts.The Capitol operates on a different model. Call it honor among thieves, but the Capitol credo is that one promises only what he is capable of delivering, and handshake deals are honored as if engraved in stone. The building simply cannot function any other way because there's not enough time to have everything lawyered to death.
Schwarzenegger is headed for even more trouble if he persists in acting like a movie star rather than the state's top political executive.