SACRAMENTO ---- As the legislative session came to an end, some Capitol observers expressed a glimmer of hope that Gov. Jerry Brown would be the independent, reform-minded governor that he swore he would be when he ran for office.
After the governor argued that not every problem deserves a government solution when he vetoed a nanny-ish ski-helmet law and put the kibosh on a card-check bill that would have eliminated secret-ballot elections for farm workers, I joined the "wishful thinking" chorus and urged the governor to heed his libertarian impulse.
But Brown was just playing head games with those of us who believe that California must reform its government and take on the unions that are driving up costs and eroding public services.
He vetoed a couple of other egregious union-backed laws, including one that would have unionized child care workers, but when the final bill-signing tally came in, it's clear that he is nothing more than a front man for the unions and an enemy of reform. It always helps to deal in reality. So don't expect anything to improve under his watch.
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