December 11, 2003
State mourns passing of new governor
Posted by
Mark Kleiman
Flags flew at half-staff and state buildings were draped in black crepe today to mourn the untimely demise of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
While no one is officially using the term "suicide," the cause of death seems to have been the governor's own actions: he promised during the campaign that funding for education would be cut "over my dead body," and his decision to propose exactly such cuts appears to have had fatal consequences.
His term of office, though the shortest in the history of the state, will be remembered for the vigor of the leadership he provided. We shall not look upon his like again.
