July 27, 2004

HEY LOOK, MA, NO NEW TAXES:

State budget deal reached: SIDES END BITTER STALEMATE WITHOUT RAISING TAXES (Ann E. Marimow and Kate Folmar, 7/26/04, San Jose Mercury News)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders struck a budget deal late Monday on a $100 billion-plus spending plan, ending the partisan stalemate that had stymied the rookie governor for nearly a month. [...]

Schwarzenegger stuck to his anti-tax promise and, to appease Republicans, scrapped plans to raise fees on the timber industry. Still, college students and their parents will be asked to pay 14 percent more in student fees.


He won on the only thing that mattered to his reputation and future: taxes.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 27, 2004 1:46 PM
Comments

So, he had his way with the girlie men.

Sort of justifies the name, huh? :)

Posted by: kevin whited at July 27, 2004 2:41 PM

Typically certain bloggers are calling Arnold the "girly-man" because he didn't cut spending and is allowing a bunch of Dem sponsered ideas/projects.

Posted by: AWW at July 27, 2004 3:34 PM

There's no doubt it's only a qualified victory, but compared to Davis, it's a huge improvement.

Posted by: PapayaSF at July 27, 2004 4:14 PM

This might be the earliest-approved state budget since Reagan was governor...

Posted by: Ken at July 27, 2004 7:03 PM
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