Earth to Schwarzenegger: Get a Media Campaign for the Special Election

If California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wishes to win any of his reform initiatives on the November Special Election Ballot, he better get busy.

The California Teacher’s Association has been airing this television ad for at least a month in the Los Angeles market:

Link to watch the ad is here.

There has been no media response by the governor, although he has been shown on the nightly news either combatting protestors or being booed at new Los Angeles Mayor AV’s inauguration.

Then comes this ad beginning a few days ago from the Alliance For a Better California

Click here to view this ad. or here.

And who are these folks?

The Alliance for a Better California represents nearly 2 million teachers, firefighters, nurses, health care workers and average, every day people who are devoting our careers to helping others. For some reason Governor Schwarzenegger has decided that we are the enemy. We are not. We want what’s best for Californians and we don’t understand why the Governor is blaming us for all the problems of our state.

Instead of dealing with the problems Californians care about, the Governor is still pursuing an agenda that will do nothing to fix schools, traffic or the state’s budget — and he’s still threatening to hold a special election costing taxpayers $70 million on ideas that aren’t ready for prime time.

Governor Schwarzenegger is out of touch with the people he claims to represent, and we won’t be fooled by his empty promises. If he insists on holding an unnecessary and expensive special election, we will put our own good ideas directly before the voters of California, and we will win.

The Alliance for a Better California includes:

* American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
* Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
* California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA)
* California Faculty Association (CFA)
* California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
* California Labor Federation
* California Professional Firefighters (CPF)
* California School Employees Association (CSEA)
* California Teachers Association (CTA)
* Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
* SEIU Local 1000

This commercial is not being answered by the Governor either.

However, news reports are coming from the Capital that the Governor may be willing to compromise his reform agenda.

Governor, you need to hire a new political director and media advisor unless it was your intent all along to NOT pursue the special election and merely trade its reform measures away?

Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page

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