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[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

It looks like the Governor is planning to the roll the dice again next year by putting several high-profile measures on the ballot that could makeor break his agenda, Daniel Weintraub writes in today's Sacramento Bee.First there is his costly health care plan, which would likely drawopposition from tobacco (left), insurance companies and the CaliforniaNurses Association. And he's putting his weight behind a water bond andredistricting, both uncertain to succeed.

Democrats in Congress are doing the right thing by pushing for a $500million restoration of the San Joaquin River, but the Republicans, whoseem to have given up any semblance of fiscal responsibility, will not agree on how to pay for it, according to the Bee. What's so controversial about paying for what the Congress spends?

The state board responsible for regulating chiropractors may finally clean up its act after an investigation earlier this year revealed lax enforcement andgaping holes in accountability, the Bee reports. Many of the morerecent appointees who took this direction were put there by GovernorSchwarzenegger, who tends to take a more laissez-faire approach to theissue.

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