The timing of this release suggests that Arnold knew the Stalinists in the Legislature will be screaming bloody murder -- so much so that they even might have tried to hold up the budget, had they seen the contents a few days earlier, to try to force Arnold to agree not to dare to implement the report's recommendation.
Time for hitherto girly-man Arnold to start being Conan for once, and maybe this is just the catalyst he needs.
The California Performance Review's report on reforming and revitalizing state government will be delivered to Governor Schwarzenegger as soon as the Legislature passes this year's budget act. As CPR Co-Executive Director, Chon Gutierrez, explained, "Releasing this report before this year's budget is adopted by the Legislature would be premature and only raises the potential for our recommendations to be a needless distraction from the current budget discussion." Please be assured that as soon as the budget process is completed and the report has been delivered to the Governor, it will be posted online for public review.
Altho bits or hints were leaked the last few weeks on some of the proposed package.