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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget that addresses a $19 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger released a new executive order requiring state workers to take three unpaid days off per month starting in August. State workers were furloughed a total of 46 days when Schwarzenegger issued a similar order in February 2009, which translated to a pay cut of about 14 percent. Those furloughs just ended in June. SNIP It also exempts about 37,000 workers in six unions that recently reached tentative labor agreements with the administration....

SAN FRANCISCO --- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a federal court's order that the state reduce its prison population by 40,000 inmates, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The appeal will be a dramatic escalation in the long-running legal battle over the state of California's overcrowded prisons and their often criticized medical care for inmates. Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said the appeal will be filed later this week, adding that cutting the state's inmate population of about 170,000 must be done methodically and by state officials. "We don't believe it's right," McLear said, referring to...

Schwarzenegger Squashes Religious Freedom Thomasson: “Arnold Schwarzenegger has two faces. He speaks at churches and says he believes in religious freedom and family values, yet he’s stabbing pro-family Californians in the back.” Sacramento, California – Campaign for Children and Families is shocked and dismayed that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 1441 (Kuehl). Today’s disastrous action by Schwarzenegger means Christian and other faith-based colleges in California will be forced to promote transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality if they accept students with Cal Grants. “People of conscience are appalled that Arnold Schwarzenegger has trampled religious freedom to satisfy hyperactive sexual activists,”...

$107 billion would be spent on transportation, most of it on highway projects. A $6 billion bond would be placed on the June 2006 ballot and another $6 billion bond on a later ballot. Of the $107 billion, $47 billion would be existing revenue the state is expected to receive between now and 2016 from gas taxes, federal matching funds and other sources. Schwarzenegger banks on another $14 billion being generated over 10 years by requiring private entities, such as ports, to match state bond funds that benefit them. New truck-only toll lanes leading to and from ports and fees...

In the wake of Governor Schwarzenegger’s efforts to do exactly what the populace of the Golden State theoretically elected him to do when they voted him into Sacramento to replace Gov. Gray Davis a while back—that is, to initiate practical reform in California—I’d like to suggest that the power-hungry, Democratic Party-controlled unions in this state use whatever money they have left in their war chests and call attention to the need for just one more special election. This time around, let’s see if they (the unions) might be successful in passing a proposition that officially lists the state motto as...

Reporters desperate for a glimpse of Michael Jackson today accidentally trampled al-Qaeda terror boss Osama bin Laden, whose appearance at the singer’s Neverland ranch went virtually unnoticed. Mr. bin Laden reportedly made the torturous journey from the mountainous region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to Santa Barbara in the hopes of receiving a signed copy of Mr. Jackson’s new greatest hits CD, “Number Ones.” A recent posting on the official al-Qaeda website alluded to Mr. bin Laden’s wish to have a private meeting with Mr. Jackson in which the self-styled King of Pop could teach the terror chief his legendary “moonwalking”...

print reply subscribe Schwarzenegger's life: From humble boyhood to governor By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES -- For Arnold Schwarzenegger, becoming governor of California is just the latest astonishing transformation in a lifetime full of them. From humble beginnings in Austria, Schwarzenegger turned himself into the world's greatest bodybuilder and Hollywood's biggest action star. Along the way, he married into America's leading political dynasty, wedding Kennedy relative and Democrat Maria Shriver. Now the Republican actor has been elected leader of the most populous state in America. As he often promised on the campaign trail, the man best known...

I have an urgent message in my heart, and I will speak plainly about it, as I feel I must. It concerns Tuesday's recall election in California. First, two unhappy facts must be faced. On all the matters that touch upon the critical moral issues, Arnold Schwarzenegger is on the evil side. This is a fact. A mere list of the positions he supports is enough to make this plain: abortion as a "right," cloning of human beings, governmental classification of citizens by race, public benefits for sexual partners outside of marriage, disrespect for property rights against environmental extremism, repudiation...

Assuming Grayout IS recalled, and all indications look like he will be, how will the new Lieutenant Governor of California be determined? If the newly elected governor gets to pick, here's a win-win situation in the making: Arnold knows he needs the conservative base to defeat Boostyertaxes. I.e, he knows he needs some of McClintock's voters. Also, Terminator knows he doesn't have any idea how to accompish his big talking feel-good agenda. Senator McClintock has the plan and the relationships in the legislature to make it happen. McClintock knows that if he doesn't win, he'll be the pariah of his...

Lyn Nofziger, Senior Advisor to President Reagan, Endorses Tom McClintock for Governor A Letter from Lyn Nofziger Reagan Advisor Lyn Nofziger was the man who got the job done and elected Ronald Reagan as Governor of California in 1966, reversing a series of Republican losses in California and restoring California to greatness. Dear Friend, Our State of California is in the national spotlight these days because it appears likely that disgusted voters will recall Governor Davis, the man who put the state in severe financial trouble and doesn’t have either the brains or guts to fix the problems. Because I...

O'Reilly Poll - Is Arnold Schwarzenegger qualified to be Governor of California?

In a typically caustic and brilliant column 3 years ago, Ann Coulter accurately described New Jersey RINO Governor Christine Todd Whitman as a "half wit". This characterization was vindicated last year when the New Jersey Supreme Court, which included 5 LIBERAL judges appointed by Gov. Half-Witman set aside the election law and allowed Robert Torricelli to be substituted by Frank Lautenberg, thus handing the Senate seat to the Democrats. For those who are considering supporting Arnold for Governor of California, the lessons learned from the above episode should not be forgotten. A liberal Democrat running as with an R...

Here me now and believe me later, my friends: all these conservative orgasms over Arnold Schwarzenegger are - like the "Gorbasms" liberals experienced over Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev - fake. I know that (R) next to Schwarzenegger's name excites the White House, but his own words prove he's not a conservative. I call this "The Hollywood Syndrome," and it happens every time some actor-type says anything even remotely conservative. I'm not trying to cold shower anybody here, but don't look to anyone in Hollywood to validate your political ideas. The American Prowler's George Neumayr detailed Arnold's politics in his article "Here's...

The California governor's race is up for grabs and a bevy of Republicans are throwing in their hats. But one thing is sure: If he runs, Arnold Schwarzenegger won't have the support of the conservative Reaganites who dominate the state's Republican party...

I watched Arnold S. on TV...He was visiting troops in Iraq. He stated that US soldiers are true "terminators". Arnold also remarked that the bad conditions he encountered in Iraq reminded him of chaos in CA... It was nice of Arnold to visit the troops...He could be spending time in Asia or Europe to promote his T3 film...Asia and Europe are important markets...I don't think that the studio considers Iraq to be an important market for the T3 film... It might have been even better if Arnold visited the troops with a female star...But, who? Jennifer Lopez?