Posted on 12/01/2005 6:05:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
That's Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata's take on how efforts to craft a bond for infrastructure needs will highlight whether Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is serious about working with legislators... and not campaigning against them.
Perata briefed Capitol reporters this afternoon on what he considers the road map for Senate Democrats. And he was emphatic at stressing both the need for long-term thinking, and how Democrats will be watching to see whether the governor lives up to his promises of cooperation in the aftermath of the special election.
"This will be the test," said the Oakland Democrat, in discussing plans to address the state's serious infrastructure needs. Perata said his meeting this week with Schwarzenegger was a good one, and that the governor seems "as engaged as I have ever seen him."
As for the bond, the Pro Tem cautioned that it's too soon to try and estimate the cost of such an endeavor (with estimates ranging from the $10.3 billion pricetag on Perata's current plan all the way to $100 billion for a more comprehensive proposal). Instead, Perata suggested that lawmakers take an "inventory" of what the most critical needs are, assess the cost, and then decide whether there's the political will to pay for it.
Why did I just get a horrific flash of the Ambiguously Gay Duo?
All the governor has to do now is to bleach his hair white--- and he'll be the spitten image of Gray Davis on steroids.
Run, Tom, Run.
(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.")
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