Notes from a Cube Dweller: Governor this

October 08, 2003

Governor this

So we have a new a Governor in California. Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger wiped the floor with anyone and everyone. The recall was a given. Frankly I'm not sure how I feel about it. I thought the whole idea or a recall was ridiculous and typically Californian to start off with. I also thought it set a dangerous precident going forward. No incumbent is safe, no state tax payer is immune from shelling out x million dollars to bankroll another recall election should the loyal citizens of a certain state get bored with their elected official.

I've been told that our recall election was "democracy in action" - BS; it was a Republican with too much money and a series of bad events in action. What WAS democracy in action was the fact that more people voted in the recall election than in the 2000 presidential election. People were galvanized into action by this whole thing; they became personally involved. That had been sorely missing from local and national elections for sometime now.

Overall though, my reaction to this election as a liberal is "meh." It could have been worse; we could have had that ghastly Bill Simon as Governor. Better to have a Republican who's a social Liberal and a fiscal Conservative - in fact, that's more likely to piss off the Conservatives. Arnie is pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro domestic partnerships...the hallmarks of a fastidious liberal.

How he plans to fix our current budget situation by repealing the car registration hike and without raising taxes ought to be interesting to see.

In the meantime, I urge you to read this little commentary I found from a fellow Californian http://www.adamcadre.ac/calendar/10837.html

Posted by Alex at October 8, 2003 09:50 AM
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I hate arnold schwartzepooper.

Posted by: deanne at October 8, 2003 10:29 AM

David writes...

This should be very interesting. I agree with your view of raising state spending while cutting taxes. Is it just me or does this not make sense

Posted by: David at October 8, 2003 02:01 PM

yellowgoat writes...

Granted I didn't like the idea of a recall either. I could get into a whole host of reasons why I don't agree with ousting politicians mid-term, ranging from cost to taxpayers, to the problems with political upheaval at random times, to the fact that it can be initiated by any discontent party with enough $. That said, I think there was enough of a discontent statewide with the current situation to warrent a vote although I also think that too many people in this sate had gotten used to their $100k/year jobs and SUV's.

Either way, sometimes a little chaos will either galvanize people into working together to solve the problems or it'll create more problems that increases the awareness of just how retarded politics is in the first place. I just like "Aaarnold" because we host his website :P Best of luck to him figuring out the mess.

Posted by: yellowgoat at October 8, 2003 05:16 PM

Min writes...

Change is good. It scares the crap out of everyone and things get u, at least that is how it has worked in my store....Who knows, although I do like him fixing the car reg thing..that was bogus.

Posted by: Min at October 9, 2003 08:00 AM

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He is a puppet. If he does good, I won't credit that to him.

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