Please don't take this personally -- you just heard it and posted it.
There is a Washington Times article along those lines -- with the same allegations, short on proof.
Arnold seeks to revamp license bill
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040301-115949-8170r.htm NOWHERE does it say, that Arnold would support the current Dem bill, SB 1160. All that's happening, is that Arnold is meeting and talking with the Democrats, but he did not agree to any specific bill.
"Mr. Cedillo has introduced a "spot" bill, SB 1160, that effectively holds a place for the final version. "
Nobody knows what the final version is going to be.
I am all for people writing to Schwarzenegger and the CA Legislature and register their disapproval of the entire idea. I don't like it either.
What upsets me, is that, instead of putting the blame, where it belongs, on the Democrats, who are the ones who keep pushing this, people run and attack Schwarzenegger, who was the one, who got the Legislature to repeal it. Arnold demonstrated with the latest bond initiative, that he is going to go around the Legislature, if the Legislature is not going along with him.
In fact, Arnold is working on getting a Workman's Comp reform bill onto the November ballot, because he couldn't get any action from the Legislature.
Apparently I'm not the only person wondering if there anything, anything at ALL, that Arnold could possibly inflict upon us with which you would not agree 100%?
There is a Washington Times article along those lines -- with the same allegations, short on proof. The key element in this story is the allegation that a Shcwarzenegger aide said that they were going for the "referendum proof" version of the bill. If that was a true statement by the aide, the only way it could happen is with a two-thirds vote, and the only way that can happen is with Republican help; given the solidarity the Republicans exhibited in the budget battle with Davis, it'll take some pressure from Schwarzenegger to get them to them vote that way. I think Prince (not 'Prinz' as someone else thought it was spelled - I checked) said who it was who told him about the aide, so it should be possible to get at the truthfulness of the allegation. There were supposedly a number of people in the room when it was said.