August 12, 2003
Following California's crazy politics.
Via Tom Tomorrow's
This Modern world, is this
Rough And Tumble guide to the latest California's insanity. "A daily snapshot of California Public Policy and Politics" they say. With 500 candidates for a job no one in their right mind would want, we're going to need all of the help we can get. Interesting little tidbits of information. Such as this one.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, labeled by polls the early leader in California's recall election, did not vote in five of the past 11 statewide elections, records revealed Monday. Schwarzenegger aides said they were researching four of those five elections to see why absentee ballots were requested by the actor but not recorded as being received by elections officials. They said the actor, an Austrian immigrant who became a U.S. citizen in 1983, takes voting seriously.
Sure seems as if everyone is assuming that Davis will be recalled, even though the success rate for these kinds of elections is rather low. But we'll see. I think it's sad that 35 million people are choosing to blame one person for their problems and greed, but that's Californians for you.
Arnold may be a more entertaining governor, by far, but more effective? Permit me to doubt. California is a huge state, in all ways, and its problems are legion. It's going to take extensive experience and hard work to solve its problems, not sound bites. And certainly not more business. Not with so much traffic that it's practically impossible to even get to work as it is. But what do I know?
