California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ruffled more than a few GOP feathers last fall when he hired long-time Democratic Party operative and former CPUC Commissioner Susan Kennedy as his new chief of staff. But Kennedy has both helped stabilize the governor’s standing with angry voters after his disastrous special election debacle and been a major player in his burgeoning efforts to convince those same voters to approve billions of dollars in bond measures to upgrade the state’s aging infrastructure. We joined her in “The Horseshoe” recently to talk about broadband deployment, infrastructure improvements, flood issues and what her boss has learned on the job. Download article in PDF format.
Susan Kennedy