[techweenie]

"I'm holding out hope (the future president) Schwarzenegger will turn things toward the right direction."

It's interesting that Arnold has pretty much come back with all the Gray Davis solutions and that the public is as enthusiastic for them as they were angry with Davis and the legislature for the same stuff (Borrowing $15 billion, etc.)

The only thing missing is the "resetting" of auto license renewal taxes to the 90s levels. For Californians, that's a "third rail."

But back on the topic, it's popular to call government less efficient than industry, but in most cases, they are comparable. I think that of all CA government institutions, the one that is consistently result-poor and inefficient is the Department of Education.