[psjones]

Actually, to be fair to Arnold, he did put up initiatives to implement some reform, but the unions spent a lot of money to advertise, and they were all voted down. It’s when he lost big on those initiatives that Arnold started going along with the other big spending politicians. He just didn’t seem to have the fight in him, which is what this state needs.

[Czar]

"Actually, to be fair to Arnold,..."

The taxpayers are not interested in being "fair" to Arnold. Look, this Austrian jackass ran on a conservative set of promises which clearly stated he would reform the current corrupt system. Rather than do that, as soon as he met some union goon resistence, he not only quit on us but raced over to the other side (where his real allegiance lies anyway).

No, don't cry for Arnold. It's the taxpayers who deserve empathy.

[calcowgirl]

Actually, to be fair to Arnold, he did put up initiatives to implement some reform

LOL. Which reform was that? Prop 74-77? All they would have done is increase spending and borrowing, while making it a little bit easier to fire incompetent teachers. Those "reforms" were as dishonest as this last batch (Prop 1abcdef that failed to mention $16 billion in tax increases), and the batch before that (Prop 57/58 that he sold as a spending cap, rainy day fund, etc).

Arnold broke his campaign promises about one month into his governorship.

Schwarzenegger Caves on Spending Limit , February 1, 2004

He then came forward with a Gray Davis borrowing plan that doubled the amount Davis had proposed. With full support of Feinstein, Boxer, Pelosi, and the rest of the liberals, Arnie even sold the GOP on his non-sensical "solutions."

He didn't lose "the fight in him," he just became the liberal jackass that he always was -- now Governor liberal jackass thanks to a bunch of ga-ga-for-celebrity voters who apparently still won't acknowledge that they were duped.

[Carry_Okie]

Actually, to be fair to Arnold, he did put up initiatives to implement some reform, but the unions spent a lot of money to advertise, and they were all voted down.

Actually, to be fair to Arnold, he did put up initiatives that got rid of the existing Gann spending limits as part of Propositions 57 and 58. IOW, getting rid of a spending cap was the very first thing he did.

[Amerigomag]

If you are going to post on the CA forum we welcome your contribution, but come prepared .. with facts.