CA: A promise eviscerated - Governor forgets campaign vow, signs bill (That's Our Gubby!)

Sac Bee ^ | 10/16/07 | Editorial

[NormsRevenge]

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor in 2003, he promised to veto any bill that had not gone through the policy committees of the Senate and Assembly. This pledge, he said, was aimed at ending the practice of gut-and-amend bills – bills rewritten in the wee hours of the Legislature to avoid public scrutiny.

"Bills are passed in a rush, in the middle of the night," Schwarzenegger said at the time. "There is no such thing as democracy in the dark."

Schwarzenegger swept into office in 2003 because of such promises. Ever since, he has selectively gutted and amended them. ...

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On Sunday, hours before the bill-signing deadline, Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1053, by Speaker Fabian Núñez, which will make it easier for Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz to obtain state housing bond funds for a mega project he is spearheading in Los Angeles.

Before this bill was rushed through, only developers, nonprofits and agencies with a mission of building housing could apply for Proposition 1C funds for infill housing.

AB 1053 alters that formula by allowing Business Improvement Districts – entities often controlled by retail and office developers – to compete for these funds. Not surprisingly, Anschutz belongs to a business district that wants to redevelop a corridor near the Staples Center, one of his many Los Angeles holdings.

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... The Times also reported last year that Schwarzenegger had received income in 2005 from the Anschutz Film Group.

For all these reasons, Schwarzenegger should have stayed away from AB 1053 and then vetoed it as an example of "democracy in the dark." Instead, he approved a stealth bill that helps a former employer. It was a shameful finale to a sad session.

[Carry_Okie]

Gutting with a dull knife.

[SierraWasp]

"I governed very much like your governor does. I got results and I want people to look at that and say that's the way I would govern as president of the United States. I would get results."

Rudolph Giuliani on Schwarzenegger, 6/29/2007

WORD to all CA FReepers and Lurkers!!!

SEE AND READ REPLY #20!!!

Be sure to push back from your computer screen so you don't git any Schwartzensocialista crook scum on your shirt/blouse!!! He knows Gray Davis would never have gotten away with any of this, but with his Republican cover he also knows none of you dare challenge him with a Recall!!!

So you CONservative CA FReepers and Lurkers are totally screwed!!! "Republican" Arnold has "terminated" all your conservative options and is laughing past his cigar right at you!!!

[SierraWasp]

"I governed very much like your governor does. I got results and I want people to look at that and say that's the way I would govern as president of the United States. I would get results."

Rudolph Giuliani on Schwarzenegger, 6/29/2007

WORD to all CA FReepers and Lurkers!!!

SEE AND READ REPLY #20!!!

Be sure to push back from your computer screen so you don't git any Schwartzensocialista crook scum on your shirt/blouse!!! He knows Gray Davis would never have gotten away with any of this, but with his Republican cover he also knows none of you dare challenge him with a Recall!!!

So you CONservative CA FReepers and Lurkers are totally screwed!!! "Republican" Arnold has "terminated" all your conservative options and is laughing past his cigar right at you!!!

[SierraWasp]

I did NOT duplicate post on purpose! I got several server error messages several times!!!

[calcowgirl]

BUMP!

(and BUMP! to the duplicate! lol)