• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    All I really remember from The Governators time was how many parks got built.

    It was actually kind of ridiculous because the signs went up into all kinds of places I had been using for hiking for years, dirt lots or unmanaged areas that connected to wilderness. Then bam, sign goes up with a big green ✅ and Swartzennegers name. No park at first just the signs. And a shit ton of them. Like a ridiculous number. It took time from there but they were all eventually turned into parks and green spaces.

    He gets a lot of shit because he is an over the top character, but California has done far worse. Newsom is worse. Davis did less.

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      10 months ago

      I actually think he’d do a great job. I just don’t think it’s likely to happen due to the constitutional requirements, which would never be changed in a normal political environment, much less in this one.

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        10 months ago

        Let’s remember that a lot of people think of Trump doing a great job.

        Never again.

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        10 months ago

        I mean he was kinda milquetoast, but also, California is like, fucking impossible to manage. I don’t think people realize how strange and departed interests are in Sacramento. It’s a clusterfuck because California is so variable in its territory, people, and ideologies.

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          10 months ago

          I’ve appreciated his efforts to use his platform to try to be a voice of reason to other Republicans in recent years. He’s flawed, but he’s a legit role model with a head on his shoulders.