Voters pan Schwarzenegger and his budgetary ‘Valley of Doom’

Wed, May 6 2009 — Source: Christian Science Monitor

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is facing yet another moment of truth.

Having barely squeaked through a last-minute budget deal in February to close a $42 billion deficit, he now faces a May 19 special election with six ballot measures intended to fix the state’s dysfunctional budget process for good.

“Never again do we want to find ourselves wandering around in another $42 billion Valley of Doom,” Governor Schwarzenegger reportedly told an audience in San Francisco in March. “A ‘yes’ vote [on the ballot measures] puts our great state back on the path to prosperity.”

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