Let us assume for a moment that Meg Whitman has the guts to be our next governor. Her website and campaign play to the frustration of we common folk but if elected how will she accomplish the task before us? Is there a bigger plan than a grand kum-ba-yah moment that will bring all competing interests together?
These interests include the following:
1. The owner’s of California who provide the tax base, tend to be conservative and fiscally responsible. This interest group includes not only real estate owner’s but includes businesses large and small.
2. The renter culture that pays taxes indirectly but tends to be more liberal and see government as an enabler for upward economic mobility.
3. The union culture that uses the political money trail to grab all they can from our California economy and the taxpayer. Government is the employer of first and best resort.
4. The illegal aliens, their interest groups and the uninformed citizenry who ignore the devastating financial consequence of these folks and their crime.
5. The elitist progressive political minority who wish to enact their Robin Hood mentality of social and political engineering as the new California. Of course, the rich are the middle class not the truly rich.
Is it reasonable to believe that these divergent interest groups will rally to any personage, be they Arnold or Meg? They have not and will not. A middle ground is impossible even if such a compromise would address our ills, which it will not. The time has arrived for out of the box drastic action, our new governor must possess the will to accomplish what is best for California. Meg, the rhetoric is commendable and on point but you or Chuck will need leverage. Political leverage is real power to bring real change. You probably have already considered the leverage to be employed. It is the only powerful tool for change that has any possibility of restoring the historical California success model.
As a state, we need to file bankruptcy and start over.
G.Goslaw
Victorville, CA
