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  • CA: Governor a reformer? Actions on two bills belie rhetoric

    10/06/2004 8:37:51 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 248+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 10/06/04 | Dan Walters
    Were Arnold Schwarzenegger the bold reformer he purports to be, were he truly committed to "blowing up boxes" and obliterating "politics as usual," he would have vetoed Assembly Bill 1077 and signed Assembly Bill 2106. But he did exactly the opposite, thus perpetuating - and even solidifying - two aspects of state government that epitomize its dysfunction. AB 1077, the bill Schwarzenegger signed last month, originally dealt with complaints against police officers, but a few days before the 2004 session ended, Assemblyman Herb Wesson, D-Los Angeles, did a classic "gut and amend," stripping out the original contents and inserting authorization...
  • CA: Posturing, potshots belie Democrats' talk of unity

    01/18/2004 9:36:08 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 238+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 1/18/04 | Dion Nissenbaum
    <p>California Democrats formally bid adieu Saturday to ousted Gov. Gray Davis as new fissures emerged over who can lead the party back from the stinging defeat that installed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger in the governor's office.</p> <p>Despite repeated claims that the state party is united, internal divisions were clear at the annual convention in San Jose, as top Democrats looking to claim the mantle of leadership spent the weekend delivering thinly veiled assaults on each other.</p>