Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned home from a White House visit on Wednesday to find the state dangerously broke, his constituents defiant after a special election on Tuesday and calls for a constitutional convention — six months ago little more than a wonkish whisper — a cacophony. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Since this only covers the tip of the iceberg I hope for an enterprising in depth article sooner then later.
Having once proudly (then) lived in California's many cities it is such a shame that the voters have managed to destroy its own government through totally stupid ballot items. Once again the rule of allowing the majority to rule the minority- this is what you get in the end- failure!
Believe me, this story barely scratches the surface of how broke and broken the state of California is. It doesn't talk about Republican legislators' absolute refusal to raise any revenue, even when the nominal leader of their party--the governor--asked them to. It doesn't talk about the revolt of the Democrats who, at last month's state convention, only endorsed three of the six propositions state leaders implored delegates to approve--and a few of those by narrow margins. It doesn't talk about the cost of the almost constant special elections since Schwarzenegger took office--and the burden these unbudgeted costs add to already insolvent counties. And it fails to mention that the federal government is virtually the only entity ... More »
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