Maldonado Confirmed

by CalWatchdog Staff | April 26, 2010 1:48 pm

Somehow, by some miracle, the California Legislature has confirmed Senator Abel Maldonado as Lieutenant Governor, ending five months of political drama and maneuvering that rivaled President Obama’s push for healthcare reform.

“Senator Maldonado is a model of post-partisanship, reaching across the aisle to improve education and strengthen public safety,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in this press release[1], apparently forgetting — like the legislators who dragged this whole sorry business on month after month — that as lieutenant governor, Maldonado is constitutionally prohibited from doing anything more than opening shopping malls, smiling gratuitously and exploring other open seats to run for.

What? Are you sure that’s not in the state constitution? Even the part about the shopping malls? Well, I’m sure it’s in the back somewhere…

-Anthony Pignataro

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