Arnold Schwarzeneg­ger and his leg­is­la­ture received a very loud mes­sage from their con­stituents on Tues­day — No tax hikes!  All five of the mea­sures on the bal­lot that would close the $21 bil­lion deficit were over­whelm­ingly rejected.  The only pro­posal that was approved by the pub­lic was the one bar­ring pay increases for state officials.

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