Posted on 05/18/2009 9:21:57 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Battling anger and indifference on the part of California voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored them Sunday not to make the state "the poster child for dysfunction" by defeating a host of measures on Tuesday's ballot that seek to restructure the state's bleak finances.
The governor's visits to three African American churches in Los Angeles came as proponents and opponents of the ballot measures marshaled the last of the millions of dollars they have collected for the special election. Schwarzenegger said Sunday he had been told that about 25% of voters are expected to show up, ...
Schwarzenegger, accompanied by Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and other officials, sought Sunday to summon a strong turnout by a voter bloc traditionally concerned about cutbacks in government programs of the sort the governor has threatened if the measures are defeated.
"We are at a crossroads," he told congregants at West Angeles Church of God in Christ. "Do we want to go . . . down the road of financial disaster or do we want to go and get up, dust ourselves off and slowly march back toward prosperity? That is the question on Tuesday."
But even among the church crowds who listened to the official pitch there was skepticism about the proposals. Jo Evelyn Payne, 62, a retired loan servicing assistant who lives in Inglewood, said she was wavering over the package. She said she had little faith in California ballot measures and also mistrusts Schwarzenegger.
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Judith Younger, 49, a Santa Monica resident who works at LAX, said she had been leaning toward supporting at least Propositions 1A and 1B but changed her mind after reading "the fine print."
"I was discouraged and felt betrayed," she said between spoonfuls of yogurt on the church's front steps. "I don't think it's going to help."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Politics as usual. I’m surprised he didn’t call on Acorn.
Staaaaay on the plantation, pleeeezzzzeee!!!!!
This is the opening battle between the producers and the dependent. Hopefully it looks like the producers are going to win round one.
1) Stop funding health care for illegal aliens
2) Stop funding education for illegal aliens
3) Stop funding housing substities for illegal aliens
4) Stop funding income substities for illegal aliens
5) Transfer all illegal aliens in state prisons to federal prisons
Now, government uses tax funds to handle social problems and the magnitude of social problems is skyrocketing (what an odd coincidence). Meanwhile, government actively diminishes the role churches can play in society.
And the governor goes to churches and begs for support to continue this trend?
Where is the great separation of Church & Politics that all the Leftist are demanding? Uh, does that separation only applys to predominately white churches now?
Going to black churches to pass Prop 8 is considered bad.
Going to black churches to pass budget-busting ballot measures is considered good.
Welcome to bizzro world folks...
When soliciting handouts, go to handout land.
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored them Sunday not to make the state “the poster child for dysfunction””.
The plains are overrun with ponies bred from the horses that have long since fled through that particular barn door.
I go to Crenshaw Christian Center. Thank goodnes they don’t do politics, except for 2004, when Pastor Fred Price openly endorsed Bush.
a.k.a - the drug war.
What was his pitch? “Let’s make whitey pay!”?
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