Arnold's costly ballot measures

Reuters:

Schwarzenegger has threatened to put his priorities out to voters as ballot measures if lawmakers do not seriously consider them -- a move registered voters narrowly support until told of the estimated $50 million to $70 million cost for a special election, according to the Field Poll.

Support for the special election falls to 30 percent from 51 percent when the estimated cost is mentioned.

While the public gives modest support for most of Arnold's proposals, they clearly do not want him to send the state deeper into debt if the legislatures reject them.

On a side note, involving the teacher/firefighter/other public pensions, I'm not sure why it's up to me to decide whether the state's agreement with these groups should be changed. I understand that it's my tax money and all, but I certainly wouldn't want a majority to take away a guaranteed retirement from me into return for a more risky 401k program. Why should others get to decided my future like that?