Kick off the Campaign the old fashioned way – scare the #*%@ out of them…

Yesterday Governor Schwarzenegger announced his special election to “reform” our state and today he paid a visit to a home in San Diego to campaign against “tweaking” Proposition 13. Huh?

According to the Governor, recent talk in Sacramento prompted him to speak about the dangers of changing Proposition 13. Has the Governor been talking to his financial advisor Warren Buffet again?

“Citing the inequity of the property taxes he pays on his homes in Omaha, Neb., and Laguna Beach, Buffett said the California cap on property taxes imposed by Prop. 13 ‘makes no sense.’” (San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, August 16, 2003)

Or maybe he overheard Pete Wilson talking about his opposition to Prop 13 when it was on the ballot in 1978?

Whatever the case, the Governor decided to stop praising vigilantes on talk radio and instead decided to scare senior citizens. http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/06/15/mn_specialelection2744.jpg

Maybe if the Governor were in Sacramento (or the state for that matter) long enough to know what has going on in the Capitol, he would know that there is no plan to raise property taxes.

I guess if the Governor can’t get traction on his flawed initiative package he has to keep changing the subject…