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| Union drops governor recall bid |
| By The Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 10/17/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - A bare-knuckles campaign to kick Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger out of office was abandoned Thursday by the state's powerful prison guards union. The California Correctional Peace Officers Association dropped its recall bid but continued to throw verbal jabs. "We continue to believe that Governor Schwarzenegger needs to return to what he's good at, making movies," spokesman Lance Corcoran said. Schwarzenegger's predecessor, Democrat Gray Davis, is the only California governor ever to be recalled, but the threat against the Republican governor sparked shock waves because CCPOA is one of the state's most powerful unions, spending $17 million on political campaigns since 2005. Money, timing and the state's rocky economy were key issues in CCPOA's decision Thursday to shelve its bid before hitting the streets to gather more than a million signatures. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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