This article in The San Diego Union-Tribune describes how the May 19 special election ballot is a futile attempt to fix the same budget deficit that Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget deal purported to solve. As the article states, both pieces of legislation are merely “products of a corrupt political establishment in Sacramento.” Which is the bigger sham? You decide.

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There are several organizations that actually benefited from the budget "deal" struck back in February, including the whole cabal of powerful special interests that profit from higher spending. These organizations and interests are now trying to preserve the special treatment they received by working for the passage of Proposition 1A.  Read more >>

ARTICLE: May Proposition: Fix Is In

In their article, May Propositions: Fix Is In, Dan Baron and Richard K. Wagner explain how Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget "reform" is a blatant disregard for the expressed will of California voters, residents and taxpayers alike. Baron and Wagner illustrate how Propositions 1A through 1F each will divert billions of dollars from programs like the Early-Education Program into the hands of the governor, lawmakers and special interests.  Read more >>

All right, Sherman, let's set the Wayback Machine for February 16, 2004. Listen, we can hear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, "By voting yes on Proposition 58, you are basically taking the credit cards, cutting them up and throwing them away so that the politicians over there (at the Capitol), those big spenders will never ever get the state into this kind of trouble again."  Read more >>

In Hollywood, when a studio is having problems with a screenplay, they often call on a skilled writer known as a "script doctor" to improve portions of dialogue, pacing or, in extreme cases, even the story line. Hollywood veteran Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently is having problems with one of his own productions, Proposition 1A on the May 19 special election ballot, a measure that would cost Californians $16 billion in additional taxes. So our governor is trying to rewrite the script himself. But in politics, this function is called a "spin doctor."  Read more >>