[FairOpinion]

Arnold knows exactly what he is dealing with.

[A CA Guy]

Excellent, it is the only way to go.

[Lurker]

" I'm not going to cut dog food for blind people."

Is there actually a Dog Food For Blind People program in Calfornia? It wouldn't suprise me if there was one.

If there were, it's just where I would start cutting.

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[Drammach]

I hope that was the whole article.

I refuse to "register" with the LA Times or any other newspaper of their ilk just to read an occasional article.

Looks like Arnold is going to have to spend a lot of time doing "fireside chats" every saturday to get the people on his side.
Unless he personally takes the time to present his side at every oppurtunity, the legislature will walk all over him.

[Sabertooth]

"Many of them in Sacramento are saying they are against this bond, this recovery bond. You know why? Because they want to increase your taxes. ... "The politicians up there, all they know is increase the taxes when they get into trouble. What I say is: we should have this recovery bond so we don't have to increase the taxes."

All bonds are tax increases, sooner or later.

"The Republicans have a choice: it is the recovery bonds, or it is raising taxes. That's a choice, it's up to them. I am only going to make cuts to a certain point. I'm not going to cut dog food for blind people."

Oh, and budget-cutting Republicans do?

Noted.

[A CA Guy]

As a child in Catholic grade school, I had a pain in the rump student in my class that wouldn't leave me the heck alone. I'm pretty patient, but eventually all the poking me with pencils had me go off.
He made a mistake, I moved here from Brooklyn, so I flew out of my chair and tackled this idiot to the ground. Took half the class and two nuns to get me off this jerk. (Mind you I was a good kid who never did this kind of thing before)
Ends up this jerk is now a Democrat in the California Legislature and I am proud to say that even as a child I had the good taste to lay the smack down on a future idiot Democrat.

[concentric circles]

I have a suggestion for the governor. Take a close look at the class size reduction program for California elementary schools.

This year it's costing the state $1.7 billion. Analysis by researchers at Rand found no relationship between statewide student achievement and statewide participation in class size reduction.

It's a "feel good" program and it's in the education budget, so there is no doubt in my mind that we will continue to pour money down this hole.