---hey, at least the people there got to vote directly on these decisions - that's more then people in most states can say.---
And they couldn't have voted any more irrationally! First they voted Gray Davis back into office despite his dismal first term performance. Then a year later they vote him out on a recall and vote Arnold in by a large margin. Then on the first vote dealing with the budget problem they voted both for emergency measures AND another bond issue! Now they've totally repudiated everything Arnold stands for after less than 2 years in office. He may as well just go on vacation, and call in his vetoes from Tahiti! what a bunch of blockheads!
I'm so happy I left that state. I rejoice daily.
indeed (not that my fellow residents of NY would be any better mind you).
hit the people with broad based taxes to wake them up - gasoline, cable TV as someone else mentioned, car fees. Arnold is essentially a "sacrificial" governor, its not his fault, but he is stuck in the middle of this fantasy land. give the people a dose of the medicine they want, and maybe they will wake up.
It was like NYC under Dinkins. for years, the liberals screamed about the city needing a "mayor of color" to heal the city. they got one - and then got 2000 murders a year, riots, mayhem, etc. after 4 years of that, they didn't go back. 2 terms of Rudy, and 2 terms for Bloomberg.