But today we are in a different place. There is an enormous disconnect between the people of California and the politicians of California. We the people, are doing our job--working hard, paying our taxes and raising our families. They, the politicians are not doing their job. They fiddle, they fumble, and they fail.
It is time to return California to the people. And it was an institution that Schwarzenegger had financially backed over the years.
After a two-month investigation the verdict was in: Gustav Schwarzenegger was indeed a member of the Nazi party; he voluntarily applied for membership in 1938. But there was no evidence that he was a war criminal. Nor had the Wiesenthal Center found any evidence that the senior Schwarzenegger belonged to any of Germany’s notorious paramilitary units.
Los Angeles Times analysis: California became the fourth state in the U.S. to ban motorists from holding cell phones while driving. Though the only official opponent of the bill was the Sprint-Nextel cellular phone company, several lawmakers argued that the act of conversing--not of holding a phone--is the real distraction to drivers. Some Republican lawmakers criticized the bill as "nanny government."
Legislative Outcome: Passed Assembly 78-0-1 on Aug/24/06; Passed Senate 21-16-3 on Aug/31/06; Signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sep/15/06
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The above quotations are from Media coverage of CA political races in The Los Angeles Times.
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