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Ken Masugi is the Director of the Center for Local Government. Its purpose is to apply the principles of the American Founding to the theory and practice of local government, the cradle of American self-government. Dr. Masugi has extensive experience in government and academia. Following his initial appointment at the Claremont Institute (1982-86), he was a special assistant to then-Chairman Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. After his years in Washington, he held visiting university appointments including Olin Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Masugi is co-author with Brian Janiskee of Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002). He is co-editor of six books on political thought, including The Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism with Branford P. Wilson, (Ashbrook Series, 1997); The Ambiguous Legacy of the Enlightenment with William Rusher, (University Press, 1995); The American Founding with J. Jackson Barlow and Leonard W. Levy, (Greenwood Press, 1988). He is the editor of Interpreting Tocqueville's Democracy in America, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1991).

He is author of numerous essays and reviews of works on political theory, constitutional law, public policy, and films. Dr. Masugi has also published in the popular press, including the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Washington Post, Washington Times, National Review, and the Weekly Standard.

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Unfortunately, as with most articles that speculate on Schwarzenegger's proposals this one is long on the potential for these proposals and short on specifics.

Like most of these articles it also fails to mention the repetitive pattern that Schwarzenegger presents. Long on ideas, short on specifics and no accomplishments within the time frame at hand.

We heard this same rhetoric late in the fall of 2003, again in the spring of 2004 and now a third time in early 2005. Talk is cheap and the only changes that Schwarzenegger has actually accomplish has been to raise state spending 6% to the highest level in the state's history, increase per-capita taxation to the highest level in California's history, increase state indebtedness to the highest level in California's history and, of course, his propensity to keep making lofty speeches with no or little results.

You bet ya. Schwarzenegger is Austria's most well known, living citizen. Just wish he would move back.