How has this changed in recent years? It has always been about the money more so in the past I will admit . . it was about alot of back scratching. . . . . I cannot say that was too much better Rocket River
Progressives in 1911 under then-Governor Hiram Johnson. It was part of their attempt to help direct democracy along when needed and included the popular initiative and referendum laws that California has (which gets used quite often). Interestingly, there have been previous attempts to recall Governors (at least 31) that simply fell short of the number of signatures necessary to get the measure on the ballot. One such attempt that actually went far was in 1968. You might remember who was Governor of California at that time. The first attempt was in 1936 when Republican Frank Merriam was targeted for recall. The effort failed. His successor, Democrat Culbert Olson, faced three recall attempted. The most recent officeholders in Calfornia to be recalled were two Republican Assembley Members were recalled after cutting deals with Democrats in a battle over party control of the Assembly. Two others have been successfully recalled. One, a Democrat, in 1913 for opposing prostitution (he represented the Red Light District in San Francisco), and another Democrat was successfully recalled that same year after being involved in a banking scandal. Three other recall efforts have made it to the ballot stage, but the politician recalled fought back the challenges in those instances. Eighteen states allow recalling state officials, though only one previous Governor has been removed - Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota in 1917. Arizona Governor Evan Mecham faced a recall effort in 1998 over his alleged obstruction of justice and misuse of state money, but he was impeached before it could really get going. The California law itself is extremely vague and lists no causes as to why an official can be recalled. Six other states that have a recall mechanism have specific listed crieria for removing an official through recall, and two allow for judicial review of the reasons. The California state constitution even says that the "sufficiency of reason [for the recall] is not reveiwable."
OK I've figured it out. Arnold, Flynt, the p*rn star, Gallagher, Lil' Gary, and everyone else running for California Governor can all go to hell. It's obvious that nothing turns on the voters in California like a movie star running for governor. It worked for Ronald Reagan in th 1960s, and it seems to be working for Arnold today. However, if they are going to vote in a movie star for Governor, they need someone who can stay above the fray and do something positive for the state. So that's why I am supporting SEABISCUIT FOR GOVERNOR!!!!!! Think about it...if he doesn't like what one of the legislators is doing, he can lay a giant horse turd on his desk!!!!!
