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- From: lkimes@alshain.usc.edu (Lance 'Moof' Kimes)
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- Subject: Re: Someone should start a recall drive against Gov. Wilson
- Date: 24 Jul 1992 20:17:33 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <CHET.92Jul24120216@jupiter.Advansoft.COM>, chet@Advansoft.COM (chet wood) writes:
- |> Is there any talk of recalling the governor? Is there time to get it
- |> on the November ballot?
- |>
- |> While I don't pretend to understand all the subtleties of the budget
- |> crisis, a governor who states publically that he would rather drive
- |> his state into chaos rather than compromise on the budget is guilty of
- |> gross misconduct. A governor's main job is to maintain order.
- |>
- |> He is evidently pursuing this tactic to make the voters angry, as I
- |> am--- angry enough that many of them will vote for his "welfare
- |> reform" "initiative" that will give him almost dictatorial
- |> budget-making powers at the expense of the legislature.
- |>
- |> I think we angry voters should be able to have another alternative.
- |> Perhaps we could have an initiative to put the onus on the governor to
- |> submit an acceptable budget by a certain date, with the penalty being
- |> loss of his job.
- |>
- |> Otherwise, just recall the turkey right now.
- |>
- |> the thing that makes me _really_ mad is that the fight is apparently
- |> of whether to just _murder_ education, as the legislature wants, or to
- |> _grossly_murder_ it.
- |>
- |> This is simply impossible to understand. Education has been on the
- |> defensive in California since Reagan was elected governor. When are
- |> Californians going to wake up and realize that the economic well-being
- |> of their state depends on having educated citizens. Californians must
- |> have a death wish. Looks like they're getting their wish.
- |>
- |> sheesh.
- |>
- |> (this is all my opinion, not my employers, of course)
- |>
- |> chet.
- |> --
- |> Chet Wood . chet@advansoft.com . (408)727-3357 X269
- |> . Advansoft Research Corporation
- |> . 4301 Great America Parkway, Suite 600
- |> . Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
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- I know this is obvious, but............
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- save it for someone who cares.........
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- and post it to the proper newsgroup next time.
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- Lance Kimes
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