What L.A. Times readers think of Gov. Schwarzenegger's Calee-for-nee-ah

By GottaLaff

Letters to the Editor, via my morning L.A. Times:

Re “Opposition to budget deal erupts,” July 22

I have to ask: Where will the 27,000 released prisoners go with no jobs and no social service programs to help them?

Next:

I have lived in California for nearly 75 years and have seen good governors and bad governors, and I have seen competent governors and incompetent governors, but never have I seen a governor disgrace his office and the state he represents as much as our current grinning governor as he presides over the destruction of the state.

Our governor began his career as an elected official by pandering to the right wing of his party on fiscal issues, which contributed to the current situation. He became a celebrity governor who failed to exercise leadership or accept responsibility. And now that he is helping ruin the lives of so many, he has the audacity to stand before the cameras with a grin on his face.

Next:

Great. The governor and others will be out of office when the Republican budget takes full effect.

School test scores will be down, crime and homelessness up, the state colleges will fail and oil will spill off the coast. The middle class will flee, but at least we will not have raised taxes on the ultra-rich or on oil companies or on cigarettes.

Despite the direct responsibility of the Republican Party, the GOP will no doubt blame the Democrats and the labor unions for the fact that nothing in the state works.

I firmly believe in a two-party system. I'm just sorry one of them is the Republican Party.

And finally:

Inspired by the courageous actions of our governor and our legislators, my wife and I decided that we too had to make the same kind of "tough choices" to balance our budget. We've decided not to feed the children.

California is not real happy at the moment. I live in California. I am not real happy.