Not the Hero We Deserve, But the Hero We Need

Thank goodness he's not playing around

sacbee.com -- Politics -- No staff cuts till after the election?:

Gov. Gray Davis' administration says it is unlikely to approve plans for substantial reductions to the state payroll until the middle of next month.



That makes it likely that the impact of the cuts -- in thousands of layoffs and in reduced state services -- won't become public until after the Oct. 7 recall election.

Isn't that lovely. This is exactly what he did during his re-election, holding back bad news he knew was coming (knew because he was the cause, that is). Better is this bit:

One goal, [Davis' finance director Steve] Peace said, is to minimize layoffs. He said he also wants to avoid giving workers layoff notices and disrupting their lives, only to reverse course later.



"It's not efficient. It's not good business. ... It's a morale-breaker of huge proportions," he said.



The state has already given about 12,000 workers 120-day notices that they are "surplus" and subject to layoff.

I guess I'm confused. He doesn't want to disturb workers by sending out notices but he's already sent out 12,000 notices. And he'll have to do it again because that list has been rescinded. (Remember, I was on of the 12,000, and now I'm not.)



Why do people wonder why we want to recall this, er, person?