A lot of people are apoplectic about the situation in California right now. Brown has just been voted back in, the Democrats hold the Legislature by a large margin, and all state level offices are held by Democrats.
To quote someone, I don’t know who the originator was, “We’ve got ‘em right where we want them.”
Why do I say that? Proposition 25 was just passed. This allows the California Legislature to pass budgetary items by a simple majority. They say this won’t affect taxes, but guess what. The Democrats in the Legislature are very close to a 2/3rds situation there already. Now they have a governor who will sign anything they send along.
It probably won’t take two weeks before they reduce the size of the vote needed to pass new taxes from 2/3rds to a simple majority.
So we’ll have new income taxes, sales taxes, and yes... property taxes. The voters are very fond of Proposition 13. You just watch. The Dems are going to have heady days upcoming in California. They can’t resist screwing their brand into the dirt.
My take on this is that the Democrats are going to destroy their standing in the state. I give it about two years.
There are worse things than losing.
Reapportionment is just ahead. A new non-political body is supposed to handle the job. If it meets it’s goals, the Republicans will stand on even ground for the first time in decades. Districts will be balanced by population and party affiliation.
Look out Dems. You wanted the majority. You’ve got it.
Come on 2012. It will be another moment just like this one, only it will be focused on the State of California.
For the first time in several generations, I expect to see California lurch back toward the right.
Wait until Jerry gives illegal immigrants driver’s licenses. Wait until people start losing their homes because property taxes went through the roof. Wait until Cap and Trade starts costing people their jobs. This and more, the Democrats won’t be able to resist.
More power to ‘em. The more they screw us, the more they will be damaged by their actions.
Dennis Miller said that if Horace Greeley were alive today, he would say, "Stay put!" instead of "Go west, young man."
And I'm not convinced that having Meg Whitman presiding over a fiscal disaster that the Dem legislature won't let her fix, would have been a good thing in the long run.
I wonder if, instead of Schwartzeegger, Cal had a Dem gov., would there have been been a chance of a GOP takeover of gov. and the legislature?