Posted on 11/20/2005 5:53:37 PM PST by FairOpinion
As Arnold Schwarzenegger surveys the wreckage of what has been so far a failed governorship, he can see just one substantial accomplishment _ an overhaul of the system of compensating workers for job-related illnesses and injuries.
As the governor looks ahead, however, he faces a growing drive to undo that workers' compensation overhaul by the same forces that handed him a humbling special election defeat.
Labor unions and attorneys who specialize in work comp cases are gearing up to push through a very friendly Legislature a bill to reverse or severely modify last year's Schwarzenegger-sponsored legislation. They are joined in the effort by doctors and other medical providers who are seeing their incomes slashed by the new rules.
With work comp premiums soaring _ thanks, in part, to a big benefit increase that labor and its allies forced predecessor Gray Davis to sign in 2002 _ employers put up the money for a ballot measure that would have radically changed the system. And with the then-popular Schwarzenegger threatening to lead the campaign for it, Democrats and the unions caved, agreeing to more modest changes.
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The workman's comp regulations were one of the reasons businesses were leaving CA, until Arnold overhauled it in his attempt to try to make CA more business friendly.
I hope all those who voted against the reform propositions are very happy now, they helped revitalize the unions.
Why don't you put blame where it rightfully belongs?
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
The turnout was very low, if the Republicans and conservative had bothered to turn out and vote for reform, we would have overcome the union thug voters easily.
Incidentally, I voted. Yes on 73-75, no on everything else. But I told you I would.
Special elections never get the turnout that normal elections with either a Governor or a President leading the slate of issues! So stop whipping the ignorant and the innocent and the voters and non-voters you don't even know!
You don't know what you are talking about and it is glaringly obvious and it should be embarrassing to you, but No ho ho hoooooooo... You just don't get it!!! So go to bed now and try to save what's left of your face from the egg that's globbed all over it. Nitey nite! Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!!!
Clearly.
Check the numbers, FO. Republicans showed up in greater proportions than Dems relative to voter registration. And based on the fact that Prop 73 and Prop 75 did substantially better than the other initiatives demonstrates that conservatives showed out in the greatest of numbers.
Perhaps you should look to the fact that it was a poorly run campaign given the opposition, with several poorly conceived initiatives.
Special elections never get a high turnout--a fact that the campaign should have (and probably did) anticipate.
Biased much?
And yet 73 still failed. Are you saying there are so few "conservatives" that even in a low turnout election they can't put a measure which ought to be "near and dear" over the top? If you're not saying it, then FairOpinion is CORRECT and you just despise Arnold. ;)
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
No. What part of "poorly run campaign given the opposition, with several poorly conceived initiatives" was difficult for you to understand? The Republicans spent more time trying to push socialized medicine on conservatives (Prop 78) than it did drafting solid legislation and presenting/defending the basic content of the other propositions. Instead, they made Arnold the centerpiece and stuck with campaign rhetoric, a game in which the union-thugs prevailed. The campaign failed to get the votes of the same moderates that got Arnold elected.
If you're not saying it, then FairOpinion is CORRECT and you just despise Arnold.
Basic logic is absent in this statement.
"As Arnold Schwarzenegger surveys the wreckage of what has been so far a failed governorship..."
"Biased much?"
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That's the MSM for you. They couldn't write an unbiased article, if their life depended on it.
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