Pensions. Too bad Arnold caved into the government employees on the pension reform. Now the whole state faces this problem! Way to go Arnold!!
Everytime I hear about how much the city workers get I become enraged! But it's our fault. How did we let this happen?
According to him, it had drafting errors that let the opposition claim it would lead to disabled/KIA public safety officers and their survivors to not get benefits. Better to abandon the flawed version and rewrite it to eliminate the language in question. If one believes him (and so far I have no reason not to), it'll be back. I'll wait for him to renege on this promise before I get upset.
Get a grip. Arnold was handed legislation by a GOP lawmaker who left a Jupiter-sized hole for the unions to drive through with police, fire and widows are their stalking horses. Arnold will be back with this. Everyone knows this *MUST* happen. He's being hammered in a union-funded media blitz like I can't remember seeing in state history. They're appealing to conservatives to try to scuttle the redistricting initiative, they're appealing to the Wal-Mart moms with LIES about education dollars and more. He lost this round because of a 'fair practices' board ruling. He sued and won only a week or two ago clearing the way for him to be more involved.
Pensions are a big part of the problem. But the "smart growth" policies in play in San Diego county are designed to bust the county government and force the area into an unconstitutional regional government, IMO.