[Carry_Okie]

Ever since the Magna Carta, it has been a settled principle of governance that the authority that requests funds should not be the same one that approves them. This is the heart of our separation of powers, and the most important single mechanism to check the excesses and abuses that occur whenever mere mortals are spending other people’s money.

Neither should the legislature abrogate nor administration accept (much less seek) the power to set spending limits. This is why Arnold's reorg is so concerning.

[Carry_Okie]

Ping list time.

I want Arnold's supporters out there to consider: Name one other politician in the California, hell, name one other politician in the United States who is capable of writing such a speech, much less a second of such caliber in twenty-four hours.

That this man has been so mercilessly villified on this supposedly conservative forum defies comprehension.

[calcowgirl]

McClintock Ping List

(a month old, but still relevant)

Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.