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CA: Governor announces special election for Nov. 8
The Orange County Register ^
| Monday, June 13, 2005
| JOHN GITTELSOHN and HANH KIM QUACH
The Orange County Register
Posted on 06/13/2005 7:06:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: So Cal Rocket
Right now it's the only thing keeping the state out of the hands of the Socialists.Help me make sense of that - - the voters in Kalifornia elect the socialists but then reject by referendum what the socialists do? Are the voters there really that stupid?
To: Lancey Howard
Are the voters there really that stupid? The Dems? You betcha!
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:22:15 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Yo! Cowboy! I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
To: Lancey Howard
Are the voters there really that stupid?Clinton was voted for twice. You can say the same thing for the entire country.
To: FairOpinion
That's why I say don't wait until next year or the year after because every year we're adding billions of dollars in new debt. Hey FO! How exactly are we adding new debt unless the voters approve it?
Answer: we can't! It's prohibited by the Constitution. His reasoning is hogwash.
The "free speech" in political ads should be changed to require "truth in advertising."
To: Bonaparte; Carry_Okie; calcowgirl; NormsRevenge; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bull roar!!! It was the Moderate RINO "Reardon" Repellicans who wouldn't support Simon that let Davis get re-elected! Buncha sore-headed, wrong-headed LOSERS!!!
The "Conservatives" in the valley and especially the foothills, (like me) voted for a consistent conservative, but even the whitehouse wouldn't support Simon with money at Parsky's direction!!! They were still pist about Reardon gettin beat in the primary.
Don't be tryin to re-write CA's political history, ok??? I'm surprised Arnold is actually going ahead with this, although I see he's flinched at directly supporting the "Paycheck Protection" for public EE Unions. Where did the timid "tenure" measure pop up from?
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:37:17 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Arnold Schwarzenrenegger is Cauleeforneeah's Greenievenator!!! He's infected with GANG-GREEN!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Most important, we are investing more money in education than ever in our history - three billion dollars more for education this year, fifty billion dollars total. Education spending is up eight percent this year.
And remember, this is the same education system that gave you the Simpson, Blake, and Jackson jurists.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; tubebender; Grampa Dave; Dog Gone
"Who needs WWF?"Jesse Ventura did!!! I guess Arnold is just following suit... But it's fun to see someone, even a shallow celebrity trying to do something... ANYTHING against these CA Public Employee Union Thugs, for once!
Prop 226 came really close in June 1998, but it also stirred the public union political animals up to the point of getting Davis elected and owning him outright from the get-go!!!
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:49:12 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Arnold Schwarzenrenegger is Cauleeforneeah's Greenievenator!!! He's infected with GANG-GREEN!!!)
To: SierraWasp
someone, even a shallow celebrity trying to do something... ANYTHING against these CA Public Employee Union Thugs, for once! L.A. County "thugs" have done a terrific job of managing, investing, employee-funded pension funds. No taxpayer monies contributed to their pension plan.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:59:20 PM PDT
by
lakey
To: lakey
Well... That's just WONDERFUL!!! The El Dorado County "thugs" have direct accest to Board of Supervisor members and sit on the Charter Committee and it's exactly like "the inmates running the damned asylam!!!"
What? You mean the LA county "thugs" don't belong to CalPERS???
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posted on
06/13/2005 10:23:19 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Arnold Schwarzenrenegger is Cauleeforneeah's Greenievenator!!! He's infected with GANG-GREEN!!!)
To: lakey
L.A. County "thugs" have done a terrific job of managing, investing, employee-funded pension funds. No taxpayer monies contributed to their pension plan. I'm not sure I followed that.
To: Black Tooth
Clinton was voted for twice. You can say the same thing for the entire country.Good point.
But they didn't then turn around and vote by referendum to stop Clinton from pursuing his agend.... oh wait, yes they did! They elected a Republican House for the first time in 40 years.
To: NormsRevenge
I noticed the (R)noldHaters media campaign started several months ago.
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posted on
06/13/2005 10:38:50 PM PDT
by
TeleStraightShooter
(When Frist exercises his belated Constitutional "Byrd option", Reid will have a "Nuclear Reaction".)
To: Lancey Howard
Good point. But they didn't then turn around and vote by referendum to stop Clinton from pursuing his agend.... oh wait, yes they did! They elected a Republican House for the first time in 40 years. A lot of good that did.
To: SierraWasp
Whoa whoa whoa! I was just as outraged as you were about the Rove-Parsky-Reardon attempted hijacking of the primary. And I'm well aware of all the RINOs in this state who were hostile to Simon's run from the very start (and later, to McClintock's bid). It's the low voter turnout in the predominantly conservative valley and foothills that bothers me. If that were somehow changed, it could turn California back to the right in spite of all the RINOs.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I wish I could vote in this special election!
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posted on
06/13/2005 11:29:15 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
To: Black Tooth
My taxes got cut instead of raised. It was refreshing.
To: onyx
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'm already registered and have voted in Mississippi.
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posted on
06/13/2005 11:46:15 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
To: calcowgirl; Ernest_at_the_Beach
You're an idiot if you think this is about cowardice to use the veto pen. I'd like to see him do more but that is *NO* reason to scoff at his proposed reforms.
The Paycheck Protection initiative will make it impossible for organized labor to automatically fund their extortion of the state gov't. If this doesn't pass, with the labor agreements under consideration, the STATE will walk right into the pension fiasco for which the rapidly facing bankruptcy San Diego is a model.
Reapportionment gives us a fighting chance to bring the state back under the People's control rather than the inept politicians carving out nice little safe districts for one another in backroom deals. No CA legislative or Congressional office changed parties despite the air of reform among the people. It's a protection racket that needs to be broken.
Keeping school teachers from getting tenure too easily will help us take the schools back from the NEA and their big labor allies.
We must be CAREFUL since a few of the items coming on the Nov ballot are Dem-pushed.
One veto is nothing if the state could return to a Dem governor next year and explode spending, raise taxes across the board, suffocate the returning revenues, the improve business climate and other things which have helped California turn around.
Grow up! Arnold's trying to look at the SYSTEMIC ILLS, not fight brush wars.
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posted on
06/13/2005 11:54:19 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Remind Liberal Cowards Why America Freed Iraq: http://massgraves.info/)
To: AmishDude
We do have it but it's not as easily employed or as powerful a fat cutting tool as some here think.
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posted on
06/13/2005 11:55:57 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Remind Liberal Cowards Why America Freed Iraq: http://massgraves.info/)
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