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To: LindyBill who wrote (51768)	6/27/2004 11:02:42 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 793843

Arnold is such a pro, even when he screws up and angers a bunch of folks, he steps up to it and comes out looking good: Stray cats, dogs escape the budget ax Money-saving plan to kill animals sooner draws howls of protest -- governor relents sfgate.com <snip...> "By day's end, Schwarzenegger, whose family owns at least one dog, took a break from budget negotiations to say the whole thing had been a big mistake. "I wanted to tell you that I have reinstated the six-day waiting period for lost animals," he said. Cutting the act, he said, was mistakenly put in his January budget, which was put together quickly after he was elected. It's not clear why the mistake was not discovered earlier. Asked what caused his announcement Friday -- public pressure? memories of the childhood pet pigs back in Austria? -- he ended a whirlwind day with the simplest of answers: "My daughter called me," the governor said. "