Has Ahhhhnold stated who he plans to use to audit the books

[Racenut20]

Find all the waste to pay for the budget??? Repealing the auto tax is going to make the 8B deficet a bit higher isn't it? Perhaps he can use Ken Lay as a consultant. Pick up a few of the old Arthur Andersen partners to get it off the ground.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. Somebody called Anderson I think!

[Racenut20]

2. Pardon my spelling. Never could get that one right.

[KamaAina]

3. As a matter of fact he has. She's got experience, too. With JEB BUSH!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=159359

Donna Arduin, the budget director for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush since 1999, will lead the team of auditors combing through California's budget for waste and duplication - as Schwarzenegger promised during his campaign.

"Donna has served as a fiscal and budget expert for some of the largest states in the country," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "Her experience, expertise and keen mind make her the right person for this critical job." (snip)

(snip) Arduin has worked for three Republican governors, serving as deputy budget director for New York Gov. George Pataki and as chief deputy budget director for former Michigan Gov. John Engler. She was known in those states a fiscal conservative who likes finding ways to cut taxes and spending. (snip/...)

Once again, do not listen to a Repuke who claims to be a "moderate". Remember "compassionate conservatism"?

[Tempest]

4. She's all smoke and mirrors, even FL Repugs don't trust her

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/16/Columns/Red_ink_blues.shtml

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush's budget director flipped on her laptop and began a power-point display, not with fuzzy graphs or charts but with a firm declaration.

Florida is in good shape, flashed the message on overhead TV screens.

Budget director Donna Arduin ticked off factors supporting her claim: Stable bond ratings, lots of new jobs, more tax money and the "fiscal discipline" to avoid tax increases. States with higher taxes are in worse shape, she said.

The members of the Senate Appropriations Committee were not impressed.

Their chairman, Republican Sen. Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, called the scene at the hearing on Feb. 6 "surreal," as if Arduin and lawmakers were in different states.

To Pruitt and many other senators, Florida is in bad shape and getting worse. They are again studying how to change the tax code to raise more money, citing Bush's budget as proof that the tax base can't pay for such basics as teachers at community colleges.

"Here we are again," Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon, told Arduin. "Building a budget that focuses on getting us out of two years, declaring victory and shifting the liability down the road to the next group of people, without the tools to resolve the problems we know are going to be there."