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Arnold Schwarzenegger,
meet Edwin
T. Snell.
His campaign skills may not be as slick or well-funded as the governor’s. But
the San Bernardino
County resident has garnered the 50 necessary signatures for a notice of intent
to circulate a recall petition against the California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
.
That announcement came today from California Secretary of State Debra Bowen.
According to Snell’s filing with the state, complete with errors in grammar and
punctuation, “Arnold Schwarzenegger does no longer represent the interest of the
people and has betrayed the trust of the voters. Schwarzenegger initiatives on
prisons, water and the environment has been a complete disaster.”
Schwarzenegger, elected in the *Gray Davis* recall of 2003, was the target of a
recall attempt by prison guards last year. But the guards dropped the effort.
Now the governor has until Monday to answer Snell, if he wants to respond.
An aide to Schwarzenegger declined to comment.
Snell has established a recall website
where he'll soon have downloadable petitions
for others to print out. He's trying to recall a number of officials, including
Republican Assemblyman Anthony Adams of Hesperia, who supported tax increases
in the recent state budget deal.
Snell also gathered the needed 50 signatures for his notice of intent to
circulate a petition to recall Adams. Adams also can respond by Monday.
-- Michael Rothfeld
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