SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Even before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that California must drastically reduce its prison population, the state had begun taking steps to relieve severe overcrowding at the direction of a former actor-turned-governor who alternated roles between get-tough cop and social worker reformer. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger insisted in 2005 that […]
By Meredith Turney 10/19/2010 Millions of people around the globe have flocked to movie theatres to see director James Cameron’s hit films such as “Titanic” and “Avatar.” But in order to have the money to pay for those movie tickets, viewers had to have a job. Such is the irony in Cameron’s latest political activity, […]
by Elad Benari Last Thursday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have required companies seeking high-speed rail contracts with the state to disclose any role they played during the Holocaust, the European Jewish Press reported. The bill, which was authored by Democratic California Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, required companies vying for a piece […]
Letter to Ammiano Did California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s use a coded veto message to send the f-bomb to Tom Ammiano, soon after the San Francisco assemblyman made news by telling the governor to “kiss my gay ass”? A straight reading of Schwarzenegger letter laments “the fact that major issues are overlooked while many unnecessary bills […]
