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What I don't get is the special election whining. When Arnold was elected, he has several reforms in his stump speech. He said he would try to get them through the legislature and then if that failed he would come directly to the people with them.
He was elected. He actually did pretty much what he promised he would do (and several of the props played big roles in his stump speeches so they can't be called surprises).
I'm an opponent of the initiative and referendum process in totality (I always vote "no" on them regardless of the merits*) but this is another example of the people electing someone saying "I'll reform the system" and then punishing him for attempting to do so. We have a long history of this.
We like reform speeches but we don't like reform.
*Except for the redistricting one, I feel so strongly that this has to be done that I was willing to forego principal to see it come about through the initiative process.
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