Spending Plans Fall Victim to Politics (Schwarzenegger)

May 31, 2005

Spending Plans Fall Victim to Politics
Democrats appear set on killing budget items that might win the governor points with the public.

By Evan Halper, Times Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO — The plan to partner the state with local farms to get fresh fruit on school breakfast trays hardly seemed controversial, and it wouldn't have cost much.
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The Legislature swiftly rejected the $18.2-million program in budget hearings this month, leaving the nonprofit group that pushed for the project stunned.
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Some Democrats even suggested that the governor's inclusion of the food program in his budget plan was a political stunt, an effort to obscure an overall strategy that leaves schools without funding for basic services. Administration officials have said repeatedly that such programs represent creative thinking and are part of their push to find new ways to improve conditions in schools.
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Democrats are so angry at Schwarzenegger over a number of his policies that they appear especially determined to block items that might win him points with the public as he tries to boost sagging approval ratings.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget31may31,0,4784077.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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whinging!

Looks like those "girlie-men" might have a little more at their disposal than you thought. Why don't you just terminate them? Or spout some other movie one-liners? The media really love that! See, it's like going to the movies in real life, and you don't have to pay $8.50!