Arnie releasing a plan to reorganize state government next week

[Kadie]

New report proposes sweeping overhaul of state government

Published 1:36 pm PDT Friday, July 30, 2004

SACRAMENTO - A plan to reorganize state government that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will release next week will propose eliminating one third of the state work force, hundreds of state boards and commissions while possibly saving $32 billion over the next five years.

Details in the 2,500-page report obtained Friday by The Associated Press also include contracting out government work to private contractors and requiring college and university students perform community service.

Months in the making, the sweeping report by the California Performance Review Board is already being called a power grab by critics and would mark the biggest reorganization of government since the 1960s. If approved by the Legislature, it would change everything from how soon children can enter kindergarten to greatly increasing the amount Californians could win in pooled lotteries with other states.

"California's spirit is alive and well, but in one vital area the state is ailing," the report states. "Once the envy of the nation, today our state government fails the people of California, and it fails the men and women who have given their careers to its service."

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http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/ca/story/10185223p-11105786c.html

[roguevalley]

1. So, giving the same money to private companies -- you know they won't

work for much less-- and laying off zillions of people is good for California?! I am so sad for my birth state. CALIFORNIA! WHAT NOW!?

[ClintonTyree]

2. Good luck Arnie.............

you're going to find out that the "girlie men" will cream your ass on a lot of this stuff. Most of it is DOA.

[frylock]

3. yep.. but he'll hit the strip malls and gallerias..

with his same tired movie lines, and the sheeple will eat it up by the spoonful.

[sang froid]

4. Arnie's just as bad -- maybe worse

He's talks like a Mod, but his plays are direct from the GOP hard reich. Talks about healthcare for children, then proposes massive cuts in Healthy Families. Talks about leaving no child behind, then proposes eliminating outreach monies for universities. Talks about the elderly, blind and disabled, then proposes cuts and more cuts. On and on.

No new taxes, of course. Top personal CA tax rate is 9.3%, top corporate rate is 8% with scads more loopholes (I mean deductions).

He's maybe worse because he's more convincing at play-acting.