Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement after Senate Committee Kills Pension Reform Legislation

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Public Employment and Retirement killed SB 919 by Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta), legislation that would have implemented much-needed reform to California’s unsustainable pension system:

“I am disappointed that the Legislature failed to step up and pass this legislation that is so vital for the future of California. Every year we are diverting more and more money away from higher education, health and human services, public safety, parks and environmental protection to pay for unsustainable retiree costs, and without action, those costs will keep skyrocketing. The numbers don’t lie. This is a classic example of Sacramento promising more than it can afford, which is why I will not sign a budget without pension reform.”

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Jerry Brown's remarks comparing Meg Whitman to Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels

Uploaded on June 10, 2010 Some rights reserved by megwhitman2010 Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech to a crowd in the Berlin Lustgarten urging Germans to boycott Jewish-owned businesses. He defends the boycott as a legitimate response to the anti-German "atrocity propaganda" being spread by "international Jewry." (April 1, 1933)

Response to Nazi reference by Gov. Jerry Brown. Please see the following statement from Meg Whitman Campaign Manager Jillian Hasner in response to Jerry Brown's remarks comparing Meg Whitman to Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels: "Just last week, Governor Brown promised he wasn't going to engage in mudslinging, but now he is comparing Meg Whitman to Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Jerry Brown's statements comparing our campaign to a propagator of the Holocaust is deeply offensive and entirely unacceptable." --Meg Whitman 2010 Campaign Manager Jillian Hasner Jerry Brown's Statements About Nazi Minister Of Propaganda: "'It's like Goebbels,' referring to Hitler's notorious Minister of Propaganda. 'Goebbels invented this kind of propaganda. He took control of the whole world. She wants to be president. That's her ambition, the first woman president. That's what this is all about.'" (Doug Sovern, "Run Jerry Run," KCBS' Blog, http://www.kcbs.com/pages/2567788.php, 6/9/10)

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