Posted on 10/16/2008 6:32:12 PM PDT by SmithL
The powerful union that represents California prison guards dropped its recall campaign against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday.
California Correctional Peace Officers Association spokesman Lance Corcoran said the union decided instead to concentrate on issues on next month's ballot. And even if a recall succeeded, it would knock Schwarzenegger out of office only a few months early, Corcoran said.
The union launched its campaign last month in frustration over its lack of a state contract since 2006. Union leaders accuse Schwarzenegger of trying to break the union, which he denies.
The secretary of state last week rejected the union's first recall petition on technical grounds. The union had until Friday to try again.
"We will not be refiling our petition regarding the recall," Corcoran told The Associated Press.
"The reality is the recall process would only remove this governor for six or seven months and the resources of California and the CCPOA need to be reprioritized on issues and candidates that actually benefit California," he added.
The union would have needed to collect more than 1 million signatures to put the recall before voters in mid-2009. Schwarzenegger's term ends in 2010.
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Duh!!!!!!!!!
Yuh've bean turmeenayted!
Time for the gov to turn a couple of Cal prisons over to private companies as pilot projects with the goal of reducing the state budget.
What you said.
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