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ARNOLD'S PLAN TO TERMINATE YOUTH IDLENESS! Schwarzenegger Promotes Initiative! Reported By: Brandon Krum Sunday, May 19, 2002 On Friday, May 17, Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the annual California Society of Newspaper Editors Convention in Anaheim Calif. Schwarzenegger told a newspaper editors' conference that he wants to terminate idleness among youth, which he said leads to drug abuse and delinquency. The 54-year-old star of "Terminator 3" was promoting a 2002 state ballot initiative that would set aside more than $400 million for extracurricular activities and tutoring help for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. "When kids go to school at the age of 6 there's an empty bucket there, and someone by the time they're 18 will fill that bucket. Is it going to be a parent? Is it going to be a good educator? Is it going to be a good mentor? Or is it going to be some other scum out there who is going to fill that bucket?" he said Friday at the annual meeting of the California Society of Newspaper Editors and Associated Press News Executives Council. The ballot initiative is the Republican actor's first major foray into political life. The Austrian-born entertainer previously has hinted at someday running for California governor, but declined to say Friday how the initiative fits into any grander political aspirations. ---------- |