| He could be right Ahnold can't be bought so if he sees it not working maybe he'll kick them gently in the a** to get it flying. |
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Valencia, CA | reply to rachelsfx
Its election time... Arnie has to do something, or he'll be out. |
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2 edits | He's been ahead in the polls for a long time. I don't see this as an attempt to gain support, because he doesn't need it. He could sit on his ass for the next week and he wouldn't lose his 15 to 17 point lead. |
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Duluth, GA | reply to rachelsfx
Why do you say he can't be bought? |
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| Arnold is already independently wealthy. He did not take this job to enrich himself as most other politicians do. That does not mean he is not vulnerable to listening to the wrong people when it comes to broadband or anything else. In this case however I think he is proceeding correctly. |
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Daly City, CA | reply to en102
Unfortunately he all but won the re-election because Angelides is such a poor and weak choice for the Democrats. |
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I don't know if I'm missing it but. Is Arnold the only governor that speaks of broadband? Is he the only one that isn't saying the same thing as the rest. Healthcare and taxes. Here in Illinois I don't think I've heard anything about broadband from our governor. All I hear now cause of elections is smear campaigns and I'll work to keep taxes low and fight for better healthcare. Well that's good but I think they all say that now can we have someone like Arnold to be the Governor in Illinois. OK I'll shut up and let someone else say something. |
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ieolusSupport The Clecs
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Duluth, GA | reply to raye
You do realize that most politicians are also idependently wealthy right? Doesn't stop any of them from being bought, so I doubt Arnold is any different. In fact, him being a Republican, the benefit of the doubt must be waived.
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said by raye:Arnold is already independently wealthy. He did not take this job to enrich himself as most other politicians do. That does not mean he is not vulnerable to listening to the wrong people when it comes to broadband or anything else. In this case however I think he is proceeding correctly. Most politicians are already wealthy. I don't see your point. Politicians are swayed by money, not straight-up "bought" by it. When politicians do take money, it is usually related in some way to an increase in power or influence (more valuable than dollars). |
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said by ieolus: In fact, him being a Republican, the benefit of the doubt must be waived. Too bad this wasn't the first line of your post. I could have simply not bothered to read the rest. |
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You know I think you are right. He is the only governor to speak about the broadband issue. Here in Oregon, neither candidate even mentioned broadband. It is all about the illegal aliens, taxes, and schools here. Which don't get me wrong are important issues but there is more than just those. |
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That's rediculous. He's up by 17 points. He could drop off the planet and still win. |
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Speaking of Illinois politics, I've been urging people to write in a vote for "None of the above" for the Governor of Illinois election! Hopefully some person won't legally change their name to "None of the Above" though. 
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said by Karl Bode:And if there's a failure when it comes to these programs it's not in the ambition area, it's ussually in the deploymet promise follow-up and accountability department. If he can get the bureaucracy to follow thru and speed up the paperwork process for approving fiber installs and wireless towers, etc., then his initiative is well worth it. If no real changes occur, then it is just more bloated state workers on the payroll and higher taxes. Given California's history, I'm betting on more bloat and higher taxes.
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Re: He could be right Some politicians talk about broadband policy, but very few actually do something. There is actually some meat-and-potatoes issues at least indicated to be addressed by this Order - streamlining ROW permitting, etc. Government policy making is a complicated thing though, and it remains to be seen how well/fast the policy will be executed. |
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There is wealthy and then there is WEALTHY. Schwarzenegger is WEALTHY and famous outside of politics.
It's nice to have someone who doesn't need the job or owe his job to special interests. I think it gives him more discretion to not rely upon special interests the way that many career politicians have to. It's up to him to serve the people of California well. |
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