| Prompted by a comment from Calitics, I'm wondering whether Arnold will manage to join George W Bush in the Worst Ever lists.
Although I've read a lot of California history, my memory of governors tends to be from the modern era.
But I can't recall a Governor who has managed to do as much damage to California as our current movie star Republican.
Most of the state's fiscal problem results from the decisions that Arnold made early in his administration. He created a gaping hole in our budget by reducing revenue from the car tax (which also is the biggest single source of spending increase because of our cockamamie accounting). He created another huge revenue loss by borrowing to cover operating costs, and pledging part of our revenue to cover repaying the bonds.
He launched a series of "reform" initiatives that failed badly.
He can't get any support from members of his unpopular minority party in attempting to solve our massive budget problems that the Governator created by giving away over $7 billion a year in revenue.
His reckless actions when the economy was better have left the state damaged and staggering as we entered the Great Recession.
Worst Governor Ever!
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