State Workers Call for Impeachment of Schwarzenegger [View All]

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State Workers Call for Impeachment

Labor unions and employee associations around the state are taking steps to unseat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. At its quarterly meeting on an. 11, the Assn. of California State Supervisors (ACSS) board of directors voted unanimously to call for the governor¢s impeachment. "His inability to pass a budget is placing California in financial jeopardy, and his order to cut state workers' pay by 10 percent, to place the burden of balancing the budget on our backs, is an act of malfeasance," said President Olin King.In the discussion before the vote, ACSS board members accused the governor of breaching his fiduciary duty, missing deadlines, managing "with smoke and mirrors," fiscal mismanagement, incompetence and a failure to exercise proper leadership.Further, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's office issued a report recently, calling Gov. Schwarzenegger's 2009-2010 budget resolution "risky." The state's financial analysts say the state could run out of cash next month. Only the Legislature can impeach the governor. ACSS is urging California voters to contact their legislators. Voters can send the letter as-is, posted on the ACSS website, or edit or write one of their own. Pointing to California¢s deficit, projected at $40 billion, the ACSS went on the attack, stating in the letter:"We are facing the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes. A governor should be able to bring both sides of the aisle to a consensus, but this governor can't even get his own party to work with him. snip