Uncomplicate it : “Just Vote No” appears to be the trend that is surging here in California as Tuesday’s vote in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s special election approaches. Of the eight propositions on the ballot, Schwarzenegger is only promoting four, but the election itself is widely unpopular, and there is a growing “pox on all your houses” sentiment among voters that may well lead to the defeat of all the measures.

One of the proponents of “Just Vote No” is state Treasurer Phil Angelides, one of two declared Democratic candidates for governor next year. (The other is state Controller Steve Westly.) Angelides, who has the lead in establishment endorsements, including that of the state’s most popular Dem, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, discussed the campaign on the air on Air America’s “Al Franken Show,” when Franken visited San Luis Obsipbo:

One audience member said the most enlightening part of the show was when Angelides compared Schwarzenegger’s propositions to the federal government.

“It was clear through the discussion how the governor is extending the Bush agenda,” said David Drake, a San Luis Obispo resident and former Cal Poly graduate student.

During his talk with Franken, Angelides said that although Schwarzenegger campaigned as a moderate, he is pushing Bush’s agenda in California.

Angelides compared Proposition 74 — which would lengthen teachers’ probationary time and make it easier to fire them — to the No Child Left Behind Act.

He said those laws front as education reforms but don’t help improve schools.

Proposition 75 — which bars government-employee unions from spending members’ dues for political purposes — weakens working people’s say in government, Angelides said.

He noted it would allow big businesses to continue giving large contributions to politicians.

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