Schwarzenegger touts plan to ease traffic -- and causes traffic mess

[Newsjock]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14594284.htm

By Gary Richards, Mercury News
and Mike Adamick, Knight Ridder

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger came to the East Bay today to tout a bond measure to ease traffic jams.

Instead, he caused a traffic jam.

Boy, did he.

Cars began backing up nearly 90 minutes before the governor appeared at a news conference at the Caldecott Tunnel to sign a bill putting a $37.3 billion bond measure on the November ballot. Traffic stretched from Highway 24 to the Acalanes exit in Lafayette, and gawking drivers were not happy, one less-than-thrilled motorist saying: ``Arnold sucks!''

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1. yet ANOTHER bond measure???

still using the visa 2 pay the mastercard.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Heh. Watch Snorezeneggar get defeated this fall

with his stupid bond measure.

[Sadie5]

3. Always proposing something or another

yet everything he touches turns to crap in the end and makes him look like the fool he really is.

[struggle4progress]

10. S's approval rating seems to be near W's. Hope they campaign together.

[goclark]

11. We can only work and pray we get him out of office

[Endangered Specie]

4. Another Great Leap Foward eh?

[rpannier]

5. The Caldecott Tunnel????

Holy f**k!!!
I used to live in Walnut Creek (70's and 80's). That tunnel was a mess then and I'm sure it hasn't gotten any better. What a f**kin moron he is.

[Javaman]

6. Hmmmm, a tunnel huh? So how much is it going to cost to blast

through millions of tons of rocks as opposed to putting in light rail?

I hate him.

[BrotherBuzz]

7. A light rail tunnel has already exists there (BART)

[Javaman]

9. Ahhh, I stand corrected, I thought this was in S. Cal.

Thanks for the info

[BrotherBuzz]

8. This is the same ass that creates, then fills a Potemkin pothole

Governor digs fixing potholes

San Jose crews tear up part of road for staged event

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Friday, May 27, 2005


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger traveled to a quiet San Jose neighborhood Thursday, and -- dogged by protesters -- filled a pothole dug by city crews just a few hours before, as part of an attempt to dramatize his efforts to increase money for transportation projects.

The choreographed press opportunity -- at least the governor's fourth recent event involving transportation issues -- seemed aimed as much at thwarting the demonstrators who have followed Schwarzenegger for weeks as grabbing new attention for his proposal.

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The governor's brief San Jose appearance, announced at the last minute, left some residents scratching their heads.

"For paving the streets, it's a lot of lighting,'' said resident Nick Porrovecchio, 48, motioning to a team of workmen setting up Hollywood-style floodlights on the street to bathe the gubernatorial podium in a soft glow.

Porrovecchio and his business partner, Joe Greco, said that at about 7 a. m. they became fascinated watching "10 city workers standing around for a few hours putting on new vests,'' all in preparation for the big moment with Schwarzenegger.

But their street, he noted, didn't even have a hole to pave over until Thursday morning.

"They just dug it out,'' Porrovecchio said, shrugging. "There was a crack. But they dug out the whole road this morning.''

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