There may in fact be a downside aspect of this exercise, but for the life of me I can't understand people who don't see any benefit from cutting 1/3rd of the California State employees and over 100 commissions.
It all goes back to people getting their feelings hurt and not being big enough to admit that there may in fact be some benefits to Californians even if they fair hair boy didn't win.
If Arnold pulls this off, I would hope that it would eliminate the animosity that has surrounded this subject for coming on a year now. The fact that he would even try this should still more than a few wagging tongues.
Now... I would be as tickled pink, well... wait a minute, that's too close to red for me, if he were even half-way successful with radical stuff like this!!! If you have any sense at all, you'd realize that this is extremely far-fetched and a "long-bomb" (as in football) to unhinge the establishment and shake things up for awhile.
Hey! If it helps... I'm for it, but if it screws up rural counties even more than they already are after Earl Warren got done wrecking our representation... I'm gonna criticize till the danged cows come home!!! (and beyond... Way, WAY BEYOND!!!)