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Schwarzenegger college speech draws boos
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Schwarzenegger college speech draws boos
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faced down booing, jeering protesters as he delivered a commencement address at his alma mater.Only a handful of graduates and faculty stood and turned their backs to the stage, but spectators in the bleachers at Santa Monica Community College’s stadium kept up a steady and distracting patter of chants and whistles as he made his 20-minute speech.
Cheers and applause erupted midway through his remarks as a faculty member rose and held up a sign, referring to the cost of an upcoming special election, that read: “Honor your promise to our children ... $80 million buys a lot of books.”
The noise caused Schwarzenegger to pause momentarily but he plowed through to the end, with a smile on his face and without acknowledging the jeers.In a statement, the governor said he agreed to deliver the commencement address – his first – to underscore his plan to “protect and enhance” the budgets of state community colleges.
California’s unions have unleashed an offensive against Schwarzenegger-backed measures that go before voters in a November 8 special election that could dramatically alter the state’s political landscape in his favor. He is backing ballot measures to impose a state spending cap, raise tenure requirements for teachers and take the job of drawing lawmakers’ districts from legislators.
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