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smooth · 01-23-2004, 08:04 PM

He's doing a terrible job.

He cut education funding--oh wait. he didn't cut it, he just isn't going to give K-12 their constitutionally mandated, yearly increase.

Higher education--cutting classes, claims people should go to community college. UC and Cal State rates slated to rise 40% (after all, he only claimed he was interested in primary education, right?)

No taxes--instead, fees are going through the roof. Drink water out of your tap lately, take a shower, water your garden? Get ready for triple prices! Go to the beach? Don't plan on parking there. Instead of $5 dollar parking lots we will soon be paying twice that.

The one thing he did follow through on? Giving back the car tax. Wait, raise your hand if you actually got any money back, I know I haven't! Plus, local communities are taking it in the ass. Good thing the fires raged last year, we don't have enough money to keep the firemen employed in the coming year down south. Local police--who needs them? Los Angeles thinks they do...

Let's see, wants to change our state constitution to allow his bond measure because "no new taxes." Wants to borrow 15 billion dollars. States right in your ballot pamphlet--we will pay 15 more billion dollars in interest over the next 30 years. How will we pay this off without new taxes or cutting stuff?

Cut it now if we need to eliminate waste. He ran on a platform that Dems just wanted to tax and spend. How is borrowing and spending any different...other than being more fiscally responsible in that at least then we are spending money we take in?!

Out of staters haven't heard anything about him because he was elected as a celebrity. We didn't hear about every move any of our last governors did, why would this be any different? If you want to hear how the politicians are doing you need to read the Times or listen to NPR--not watch the Letterman show.

01-23-2004, 08:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	He's doing a terrible job. He cut education funding--oh wait. he didn't cut it, he just isn't going to give K-12 their constitutionally mandated, yearly increase. Higher education--cutting classes, claims people should go to community college. UC and Cal State rates slated to rise 40% (after all, he only claimed he was interested in primary education, right?) No taxes--instead, fees are going through the roof. Drink water out of your tap lately, take a shower, water your garden? Get ready for triple prices! Go to the beach? Don't plan on parking there. Instead of $5 dollar parking lots we will soon be paying twice that. The one thing he did follow through on? Giving back the car tax. Wait, raise your hand if you actually got any money back, I know I haven't! Plus, local communities are taking it in the ass. Good thing the fires raged last year, we don't have enough money to keep the firemen employed in the coming year down south. Local police--who needs them? Los Angeles thinks they do... Let's see, wants to change our state constitution to allow his bond measure because "no new taxes." Wants to borrow 15 billion dollars. States right in your ballot pamphlet--we will pay 15 more billion dollars in interest over the next 30 years. How will we pay this off without new taxes or cutting stuff? Cut it now if we need to eliminate waste. He ran on a platform that Dems just wanted to tax and spend. How is borrowing and spending any different...other than being more fiscally responsible in that at least then we are spending money we take in?! Out of staters haven't heard anything about him because he was elected as a celebrity. We didn't hear about every move any of our last governors did, why would this be any different? If you want to hear how the politicians are doing you need to read the Times or listen to NPR--not watch the Letterman show. __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman