Schwarzenegger's redistricting measure ordered off ballot

[ConfuZed]

By Steve Lawrence
ASSOCIATED PRESS

4:59 p.m. July 21, 2005

SACRAMENTO – A Superior Court judge on Thursday kicked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's redistricting measure off the special election ballot, ruling that supporters violated California's constitution by using two versions of the initiative in the qualifying process.

"The differences are not simply typographical errors," Judge Gail Ohanesian said. "They're not merely about the format of the measure. They are not simply technical. Instead they go to the substantive terms of the measure."

The proposal, Proposition 77, is one of three initiatives that the Republican governor is supporting in the Nov. 8 special election. It would take the power to draw legislative and congressional districts away from the Legislature and give it to a panel of three retired judges.

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050721-1659-ca-redistrictingfight.html

[PurityOfEssence]

1. Yessss!

Joy and happiness!

[David Zephyr]

22. Oh, Baby!

:toast:

[Pachamama]

30. This and the news about Rove lying to FBI & knowing Plame was covert is

the best news I've heard in a long time...oh joy!

:bounce:

[Kadie]

2. Yes!

:woohoo:

[Nancy Waterman]

3. LOLOLOL!!!

Sweet!!

[Erika]

4. Ahnold is looking sillier and sillier n/t

[wakeme2008]

5. But will he accept this liberal judges ruling.... nt

[section321]

6. This and a Stage 2 power alert on the same day....

Poor Ahnold...

Guess he's gonna need to do some serious scapegoating and demagoguery soon.

[Kadie]

7. and this

from an earlier thread...


Schwarzenegger more unpopular than ever, poll finds
Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:17 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating dropped to a new low even before a controversy developed about his hefty side income from fitness magazines, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Only 34 percent of adult Californians approve of the job Schwarzenegger is doing as governor, compared with 51 percent who disapprove, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1642436

[section321]

8. What a turd... this calls for turdblossom!

Oh wait... he's distracted with other failures and crimes.

[blondeatlast]

10. I hear Scott McLellan's posted his resume on Monster...

:evilgrin:

[LeftCoast]

9. Best news all day!

Ahnuld's goin' down!

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. How about arnold give the citizens of california a refund on the

cost associated with this irresponsible waste of money. arnold is a dangerous know nothing being guided by a group of discredited rw hacks.

[rocktivity]

12. YEEEEEEEE--HAH!!!!!!

That's what been worrying me most--Arnie doing to CA what DeLay did to Texas.

:headbang:
rocknation

[roguevalley]

13. God bless California and all her people.

RV, born Redding in ... uh, way back when. :)

[kineneb]

27. Redding also my home town

but just tooooo hot any more, now in Lake Co.

Glad to see Arnie get what he deserves

[Piperay]

14. YIPEEEEEEE

as a Californian I am so happy and relieved about this, it was nothing but a way for the repukes to redistrict themselves into office.

[tandem5]

15. yeah baby! nt

[Mz Pip]

16. Hah!

He wants to turn California RED. It ain't gonna happen.

Glad to hear it.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Rainscents]

17. Great News for California!!!

:toast: :bounce: :woohoo:

[olddad56]

18. recalling the nazi goon should have been a item on that special ballot.

[bluestateguy]

19. It's time for Ranier Wolfcastle to resign

OK, we didn't like Gray Davis, but now it's time for you to leave and turn this state back over to the Democrats, who are California's governing party.

[ConfuZed]

23. *chuckles*

[robertarctor]

20. Jawohl, baby!

Serves 'em right for sending one petition to the voters and a different one to the Secretary of State, then waiting out the clock. And this DeLay-style Texification attempt is such a lame foist, anyway. Retired judges? Isn't that code for "crabby old Republicans left over form 16 years of George Deukmejian and Pedro Wilson"?

Yikes.

[Guckert]

21. The GOP joke continues to give us laughs. the gift that keeps on giving.

Now he has bupkiss for his 80 million dollar ballot. Nice work fiscal Arnuld. Und tings like dat.

[natrat]

24. YYYYYYESSSSSSSSS

a sliver of sunshine

[Deja Q]

25. Damn activist judges

:crazy:

[upi402]

26. The BOOOOO link (repeat as necessary)

http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2671002

[virgdem]

28. Thank you Lord....there is a God after all!!!!!

eom

[Judi Lynn]

29. Court jettison of redistricting measure deals blow to Schwarzenegger's ref

Court jettison of redistricting measure deals blow to Schwarzenegger's reform plans
By STEVE LAWRENCE, Associated Press Writer

Friday, July 22, 2005
(07-22) 00:03 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) --

A Sacramento judge's decision to jettison Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's redistricting initiative from the November ballot throws another roadblock in the way of his efforts to reshape state government.

"The Hummer's got two flats and driving almost on empty," Democratic political consultant Gale Kaufman said Thursday after Judge Gail Ohanesian ruled that the initiative's supporters violated California's constitution by using two versions of the measure in the qualifying process.

"In reality when you rush all this stuff and you clearly are not paying attention to the substance of what you are doing, a judge is going to throw them out," Kaufman added.

If the decision stands, it would mean that only two measures currently backed by the Republican governor — a complex plan for imposing new limits on state spending and a proposal that would lengthen the probationary period for new public school teachers — would remain on the ballot.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/22/state/n000324D29.DTL

[Endangered Specie]

31. I hope the stat democrats take the time to redraw the lines

and royally fuck over the Repo's, they can yell "remember Texas" (or "remember the Alamo!" even better)

[Judi Lynn]

32. They should also aspire to: "Don't mess with Caleefornia!" n/t

[krkaufman]

33. What an insane concept....

Rather than placing simple strictures on redistricting, Ahnuld wanted to take the process OUT of the hands of elected officials and hand it over to some RETIRED judges, who would answer politically to no one?

What a transparent, authoritarian scam.

[leesa]

34. Good. His whole point in being a Governor, if you can call it that, was

to push this through (and help Enron and company steal 9 billion dollars).

[WhiteTara]

35. thank the Goddess that there are still some real judges

who are not idealogues and are on the bench to arbitrate fairness. One more reason to get up today!