California voters thought Gray Davis was bad--but Arnold is well on the way to completing the destruction of the once great state.
From The Los Angeles Times
Battling anger and indifference on the part of California voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored them Sunday not to make the state “the poster child for dysfunction” by defeating a host of measures on Tuesday’s ballot that seek to restructure the state’s bleak finances.
B.S.–Meanwhile, “Governator” has abandoned the state on election day to go to Washington to fight for harsher automobile emission standards with his pal, President Obama. We can only hope that he’s equally unsuccessful with that; though it doesn’t appear possible at the moment.
The governor’s visits to three African American churches in Los Angeles came as proponents and opponents of the ballot measures marshaled the last of the millions of dollars they have collected for the special election. Schwarzenegger said Sunday he had been told that about 25% of voters are expected to show up, a paltry percentage that underscores the difficulty of the quest for reliable voters.
Schwarzenegger, accompanied by Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and other officials, sought Sunday to summon a strong turnout by a voter bloc traditionally concerned about cutbacks in government programs of the sort the governor has threatened if the measures are defeated.
“We are at a crossroads,” he told congregants at West Angeles Church of God in Christ. “Do we want to go . . . down the road of financial disaster or do we want to go and get up, dust ourselves off and slowly march back toward prosperity? That is the question on Tuesday.”
But even among the church crowds who listened to the official pitch there was skepticism about the proposals. Jo Evelyn Payne, 62, a retired loan servicing assistant who lives in Inglewood, said she was wavering over the package. She said she had little faith in California ballot measures and also mistrusts Schwarzenegger.
“I’ve never been able to see the money go to where they say it’s going,” said Payne, clutching a Bible outside the newly renovated Second Baptist Church, where Schwarzenegger also spoke. “I’m not entirely convinced that if we pass it, that the money’s going to go where they say it’s going to go.” (Read more.)
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