[NormsRevenge]

Great,, but this is not the end game, by any means.

Dont't forget pension benefits reform, legislative redistricting, entitlement programs, infrastructure, etc still remain as areas that need much work as well...

[Robert357]

Wow, if Arnold really takes this and sells it directly to the voter, bypassing the legislature so that it becomes a campaign issue, this might possibly really change the face of California politics.

While Californians, especially in the urban areas are diehard dem's, I don't think they have a great love for state government in an aboslute sense. I could see a campaign to push the changes as the only alternative available at the funding levels the legislature is willing and legally allowed to authorize.

[Grampa Dave]

SACRAMENTO (AP) - A plan to reorganize state government that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will release next week will propose eliminating one third of the state work force, hundreds of state boards and commissions while possibly saving $32 billion over the next five years.

Details in the 2,500-page report obtained Friday by The Associated Press also include contracting out government work to private contractors and requiring college and university students perform community service.

We know that Herr Davis and Burton would be doing the same thing if Davis was still in power. (full sarcasm)

This is why many of the top rats in education and other spoils jobs are deciding to take early retirement. We know a lot of rat teacher/education administration elites who have bailed out and taken early or regular retirement.

This is why the rats hate Arnold, he is a direct threat to their economic stability and power.