According to the folks over at Uprising Radio (www.uprisingradio.org) a new alliance called Californians for Accountable Leadership has formed in an effort to impeach Governor Schwarzenegger stating that his leadership has constituted a "gross misconduct in office."
Now I know that you can Google the name of just about every high profile politician on both sides of the aisle and find a group trying to have them impeached, but what makes this group stick out is the variety of people from different walks of life involved.
The coalition of community organizations, social service agencies and labor unions will be presenting their demands Thursday to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Senator Darrell Steinberg. The group is contending that the Governator should be impeached because of his line-item veto abuse, negligence in the face of the budget crisis and putting the lives of Californians at risk by making deep cuts in necessary social services.
Based on my experiences thus far out in the field signing up new Democrats, I have only met one person who even admitted to voting for Schwarzenegger and she gave him a very back-handed compliment when she said, "I think he's doing a good job, kind of."
From an Associated Press article in today's Monterey County Herald (www.montereyherald.com), among Schwarzenegger's cuts is the closing of six domestic violence centers. This is yet another example of the convoluted conservative logic of cutting from the bottom versus the top. Why again and again do we see those without band-aids getting cut over and over again?
In addition to the six closings, dozens more are on the verge of shutting down due to the lack of money. Schwarzenegger eliminated the program's $20.4 million budget when he used his line-item authority to veto nearly $500 million in the revised budget passed by the Legislature. Lawmakers had voted to maintain the program but cut its budget by 20 percent.
It's a sad day when abused women and children can't seek help they so desperately need and it shows just how out of touch this guy is with the everyday lives of his poorer constituents. The rally calling for impeachment is on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m outside the Los Angeles offices of Speaker and Senator Pro Term at 300 N. Spring Street.
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