EDITORIAL WRONG WAY, ARNOLD GOVERNOR PROPOSES BIG PAY HIKES FOR HIS STAFF AND TOP BUREAUCRATS.WHEN it comes to spending increases for his personal staff and top state bureaucrats, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] sounds less like the fierce reformer he set himself out to be, and a lot more like ... a politician. When campaigning to rein in to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; - to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive. See also: Rein Rein spending in Sacramento, Schwarzenegger decried automatic funding formulas that lock California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). into spending it can't afford. The state needs the flexibility, he said, to control spending when revenue is down. So it's disappointing that Schwarzenegger now wants to use an inflationary in·fla·tion·ar·y adj. Of, associated with, or tending to cause inflation: inflationary prices; inflationary policies. Adj. 1. formula for his staff budget -- which would boost spending in his office by more than 5 percent -- and pay hikes of up to 23 percent for top state bureaucrats. There's every indication that the economy is weakening weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. and
state revenues will slip. And so the governor ought to make cuts at all
levels in state government, just as he has proposed for welfare
recipients and college students.
It seems as though "the people's governor" has forgotten that his office exists to serve the public -- and not the other way around. |
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