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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's New Year's budget promises California a happy, handsome future with $222 billion in public works projects. But it is weak on just how that future will be delivered, and whether he is prepared to listen to his legislative partners - even if it means changing his position. We all know the state desperately needs new infrastructure investment for schools, highways, rail lines, urban parks and recreational facilities, port improvements and levees. We also know that after four dismal years, our state's economy is finally improving, producing record profits and enhanced tax receipts and other revenues. Schwarzenegger's 10-year...