Arnie California budget rescue plan rejected, whoops

[Chuckup]

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has failed to push a financial rescue plan through the California legislature.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3293047.stm

[peekaloo]

1. *snicker* Another "uniter" ......any stateside media picked this up?

Love the picture of Ah-nold "campaigning hard"......seems the toddlers were out in full force!

[cthrumatrix]

9. Where is the "MEDIA" talking about this failure and ignoring the

votes of the people they have representing them....?

[Retrograde]

19. Oakland TV covered it

Arnold's strategy is to go to malls in the Central Valley and encourage people to put pressure on their representatives. Last night's news showed one woman who said she was going to do just that - as soon as she found out who her representative was.

linda, who lives in a county that voted against the recall

[UpInArms]

2. Chuckup - he's going to

get a $10.7 Billion loan without the approval of the voters -

see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=255584

[Chuckup]

4. That sounds undemocratic to me

but what else should we expect from a creeper

[DeathvadeR]

22. Democracy? whats that?

[NashVegas]

3. CNN Story

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/schwarzenegger.budget.rejected.ap/index.html

Senators voted 34-0 against the governor's plan to cap spending. The governor's bond measure also lost, with only five lawmakers, all Democrats, voting for it and 14 lawmakers voting no. The Assembly also failed to approve any proposal and adjurned minutes before is midnight Friday deadline.

Earlier Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quietly gave the green light to a plan to borrow $10.7 billion without voter approval -- a plan he had previously criticized.

The plan was authorized by the Legislature last summer as part of the budget agreement signed by former Gov. Gray Davis.

Schwarzenegger said shortly after being elected in the Oct. 7 recall election that voters should approve the bonds -- and has said for weeks there would be no alternative to his proposal to put a $15 billion bond measure on the spring ballot.

But Friday, members of the California Fiscal Recovery Financing Authority voted to move forward with the $10.7 billion bond sale. The governor controls five of the seven members of the board.

Taxpayer groups and many Republican lawmakers had criticized the Davis bond deal, arguing that voters should approve borrowing of that magnitude.

[Chuckup]

5. People in California are just waking up so

it should soon get interesting

[tabasco]

7. Promise one thing and do another ...

SOP for the GOP.

[leesa]

10. "The governor controls five of the seven members of the board."

Refreshing honesty. They should say, though, "The GOP..."

[Zhade]

20. Those of us actually aware in California warned the rest.

Reap what you voted, you fools. You should have known better than to vote for SchwarzeNazi. I have zero sympathy for anyone who willingly voted for that fucker.

[FreakinDJ]

6. Now the SMEAR CAMPAIGN really starts

Who for a moment really thought his plan was going to pass ?

Not anyone with half a brain. His real intentions are to stage a smear campiagn against the democrats. He will begin early this morning blaming all the states woes on them.

Blame and Hate politics

Works for the White House why not Sacramento too

[catzies]

21. He will "Take it to the people..."

"People of Cal-ee-forn-nee-a, hear me now and believe me later. The Democrats who run your Legislature will not let me do what I want. You do not need your Assembly, your State Senate. I am writing a ballot proposition that does away with them. You vill vote for it."

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. I don't know about that

This crossed party lines. The Senate voted 34-zip against the cap. Criticism against this doomed plan was bipartisan.

[gristy]

26. Huh? I thought the CNN story said the only people supporting

the measure were a couple Dems. So how does he smear the democrats?

[joefree1]

8. "I will pump up the economy!"

I guess this was some sort of sexual promise and not a real effort at solving California's problems.

We just got groped.

"It's not over 'till Arnold gropes the fat lady" —Bill Press, on MSNBC

http://www.recallarnoldwatch.org

[DK666]

11. Ha HA HA

Burn baby Burn.....

[AlabamaYankee]

12. Damn those partiisan politicians

of both parties who actually dared to think there could be a better alternative (even if they haven't a clue what it might be)

[Racenut20]

13. "Clean up Sacramento":. hehehehe

[cliss]

14. heh heh (evil snicker)

Well, don't consider Arnie to be 'flushed' just yet. He's only been in office for about 1 month. He's got plenty of time to jump in there and stir with a big stick.

Not that it will do any good. California's budget deficit is the biggest in the country, at $23 billion (I think?).

Arnie set himself up as "Santa Schwarzenegger" before the election, not daring to talk about cutting anything, which of course needs to be done.

[realFedUp]

15. The deficit is at around $10 billion

Course you didn't hear that from the media
touting Arnie's coup.

[Oilwellian]

16. Hmmmm

About the same amount Kenny Boy and his minions stole.

[Cronus Protagonist]

24. And he's going to drop the $9B lawsuit against energy companies?

Maybe he'll have second thoughts.....


I'm not that naiive!


FUCK BUSH Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[PROGRESSIVE1]

17. Republicans oppose this too! Haha!!!!!!

Das Groper all alone on this one!


:nopity:

[proud patriot]

18. I sat and watched the debate on this last night

Dems were great

[jenk]

25. what's his approval rating?

just curious