Nathan

Lost in Sacramento - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com: "Introducing merit pay and cutting back teacher tenure in the public schools has won the enmity of the powerful state teachers union, and an initiative to give the governor broad new powers to cut the budget across the board looks like a non-starter since voters thought Arnold had already fixed the problem with his last initiative. Adding to Arnold's woes, the cost of taking these measures to the public in a special election carries a price tag of $65 to $70 million dollars. "