Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Rob Reiner = “A Friend”

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, jokes with students from left, Jamie Vang, Polly Thet, Maikao Vang and Nalee Chang in the medical nursing careers class at Duncan Polytechnic High School, Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in Fresno, Calif. Schwarzenegger talked about the $50 million he has included in his 2006-07 budget for vocational education.

Fresno Bee: Governor promotes budget, bond proposals in Fresno visit

Gov. Schwarzenegger toured Duncan Polytechnical High School on Tuesday, using the schoolâ€™s vocational education focus to highlight his push for such training, including $50 million in his proposed state budget and additional money in a state infrastructure bond he wants to put on the November ballot.

The governor toured woodworking, automotive and nursing classes at the school, visiting with students and getting briefed on vocational education issues by teachers and Duncan principal Carol Gaab Hansen.

Schwarzenegger also sat down with The Beeâ€™s editorial board, where he addressed a broad range of subjects, including the infrastructure bond, education, Sacramentoâ€™s commitment to the central San Joaquin Valley and immigration reform.

And, what did the Governor say at the editorial board………?

Said maintaining $1 billion in the state infrastructure bond for Highway 99 improvements is not negotiable. If that amount is reduced, the governor said of the bond: “It wonâ€™t happen.”

This is a backhanded criticism of state Republican legislative leaders. So, Schwarzenegger will probably get “NOTHING” to place on the November ballot or a defeat at the polls for whatever measure that appears.

Defended the statewide high school exit exam, which students must pass to graduate. “I believe very strongly in the exit exam,” he said. Still, the governor said some sort of accommodation must be made for special education students, in the form of a waiver or an alternative assessment.

The California High School Exit Exam is a disaster and California public schools are worse than a disaster. California Superintendent of Public Instruction is a career politician with only 18 months as a teacher and a joke.

Education accountablility is one thing but the California Teachers Union calls the shots and until they are brought around or tamed the schools will remain the same – with or without an exit exam which NO ONE will pass (unless it is watered down).

Said the federal government must come up with a viable guest-worker program to assist agriculture. Still, he acknowledged there are daunting challenges in such a program, including getting guest workers to return to their country of origin.

Arnld must be listening to the Big Ag boys who write the campaign checks. Flap thought Arnold supported Gilchrist and the Minutemen?

Defended actor Rob Reiner, who has come under fire after a state commission he chairs spent $23 million in state money on an ad campaign promoting the benefits of preschool at the same time he is pushing a preschool ballot initiative. He said he is standing by Reiner, whom he called “a friend,” until there is evidence of wrongdoing. “Innocent until proven guilty,” he said.

With LEFTIE “friends” like this who needs ……. well, the reader understands. Arnold sure knows how to put his foot in his mouth. Hollywood Actor/Producer Rob Reiner should have been fired months ago for his blatant political manipulation of the First 5 California Children and Families Commission. A brewing scandal that now Schwarzenegger owns.

Does Arnold REALLY want to be re-elected in November or does he have a “DEATH WISH?”