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To: Amerigomag

Arnie's California Performance Review is underwhelming at best, and dangerous at worst. "Long on ideas, short on specifics and no accomplishments" pretty well sums it up.
The legislature is not incentivized to deliver supporting legislation and the initiative process (as mandated by the state constitution) limits initiatives to one issue. It would take a MANY initiatives to implement the few good ideas found in the agenda.
http://www.report.cpr.ca.gov/cprrpt/preschg/index.htm


4 posted on 01/07/2005 2:40:33 PM PST by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: RKV

The CPR is dangerous to constitutional government. It eliminates elected offices, forcing citizens to go to unelected bureaucrats for purposes that should be delegated to elected officials. It sets up super agencies that vest more power in the governor's office because the heads of the super agencies are appointed by the governor and not elected by the people. It changes county boundaries unconstitutionally by setting up regional government offices. Citizens lose representation in regional governments because most regional councils are appointed and do not have to honor open meeting laws like the Brown Act.

The CPR is a socialist dream consolidating power in one person (the governor) and wrests power from citizens who were formerly guaranteed the right to elected representation and a constitutional government.


5 posted on 01/07/2005 6:39:03 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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