Arnold's Reforms Fizzling

LA Daily News-Kerry ^ | August 3, 2005 | Harrison Sheppard and Steve Geissinger

[pogo101]

SACRAMENTO -- A year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised the most radical overhaul of state government in decades, only a fraction of 1,200 suggested reforms in a sweeping plan have been launched and many have been abandoned, critics say.

Commissioned last year as part of Schwarzenegger's campaign vow to root out waste, the California Performance Review task force issued the 2,200-page plan Aug. 4, 2004. It proposed consolidating agencies, eliminating dozens of boards and commissions and shifting more power to the Governor's Office in a move they said would save $32 billion over five years.

"This has been an utter failure on the part of the administration," said Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, D-Los Angeles. "There is one thing positive about it -- and that's that they shelved it away. The more dust it collects, the better off it is."

The administration insists that progress is being made on the report's recommendations, though much of it is occurring out of public view.

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[pogo101]

Girly-man? Or doing the best that could be done, short of being McClintock?

[ladtx]

Probably doing the best he can considering they only changed governors and kept the same state legislature.

[Puppage]

A year after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised the most radical overhaul of state government in decades, only a fraction of 1,200 suggested reforms in a sweeping plan have been launched and many have been abandoned, critics say.

Ah,don't these reforms need to be passed by the state legislature? If so, WHO has blocked them from becoming a reality?

[NormsRevenge]

He didn;t have a lot to wrok with from the start.

The state gubamint is like a network of racketeers.

Even Mr FReeze couldn't FReeze spending in Kaleeforniya..

[NormsRevenge]

work

[DM1]

Only so much anyone could do against that loony left legislature they have over there

[kublia khan]

The only sure methed for shrinking government is revolution. That is why all growth no matter how benign must be resisted, there is no going back.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Ah,don't these reforms need to be passed by the state legislature? If so, WHO has blocked them from becoming a reality?

The real question is, who was duped into voting him into office believing that he, alone, could reform the state as he promised during his election campaign?

[LS]

So they are "fizzling" because the Dems and RINOs won't pass the legislation needed? Sounds like Arnold has done all he can do at his end.

[Puppage]

believing that he, alone, could reform the state

Who said that it was he alone that would reform the state? Anyone that believed that has no idea how governments operate.

[Malesherbes]

The sad truth is that California (my home state which I abandoned long ago)is heading for the edge of the cliff. Arnold was its last chance to pull some order out of the fiscal insanity. If he fails, it's curtains.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Who said that it was he alone that would reform the state? Anyone that believed that has no idea how governments operate.

Let's take a look at what 'he' said 'he' was going to do during his first 100 days in office and whether he's kept his promises:

1. Repeal tripling of vehicle license fee.
2. Freeze spending and launch audit of state budget.
3. Call special legislative session and make spending cuts to address current budget imbalance.
4. Get California's fair share of Indian gambling revenue.
5. Renegotiate state employee union contracts.
6. Pass jobs package with worker's compensation reform.
7. Submit 2004-05 budget that closes the deficit and restructures inherited debt.
8. Streamline education bureaucracy and send more money to classroom.
9. Repeal SB 60, the immigrant driver's license bill.
10. Pass open government amendment and ban fund raising during budget process.

Anyone who voted for him based upon the promises he made during his campaign was a dupe.

[Puppage]

Let's take a look at what 'he' said 'he' was going to do during his first 100 days in office and whether he's kept his promises

Let's be honest, HE can only do/accomplish, etc those promises that are passed by the legislature, no? So, the HE in all this is just symantics.

[truth_seeker]

"Anyone who voted for him based upon the promises he made during his campaign was a dupe."

Calling people names is a democrat trait and tactic these days, in case you missed that.

Reform your tactics.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Let's be honest, HE can only do/accomplish, etc those promises that are passed by the legislature, no? So, the HE in all this is just symantics.

No.

The legislature had nothing to do with his handling of items #1, #2 and #9. He did those all on his own via executive orders.

During the campaign, he said that these were the things he (his administration) was going to fix during his first 100 days in office, so this isn't just semantics or any other excuses offered for a poor performer. This is what he promised he was going to accomplish after he was elected.

I knew these were empty campaign promises, which is why I voted for McClintock.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Calling people names is a democrat trait and tactic these days, in case you missed that.

I wasn't calling anyone names. I was describing their analytical prowess. In this case, the voters who elected Ahnold.

[Puppage]

This is what he promised he was going to accomplish after he was elected

So, he's another lying politican. Vote him out next time around.

And, I agree McClintock was far & away the better choice.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

So, he's another lying politican. Vote him out next time around.

I never vote for the incumbant.

[Amerigomag]

So, he's another lying politican. Vote him out next time around.

We can't. The Republican Party canceled the election.