California holds a garage sale — with cars autographed by Schwarzenegger

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Does Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have a deal for you.

His plans to cut up the state’s credit cards didn’t go so well, and voters gave the thumbs-down to his bid to shackle government spending. No matter. In his latest effort to balance the budget, the governor is cleaning out the state’s storage sheds and holding a garage sale on Craigslist and EBay.

Need a 2001 Ford Focus wagon with 110,059 miles and Schwarzenegger’s autograph on the visor? Someone did, offering the high bid of $1,625.01 for the old state car as of Tuesday afternoon. The governor got the idea to sign the visors from one of nearly 1 million people who follow him on Twitter, and he jumped on it.

Read more at the LA Times.

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Sidenote:  His wife my be having a tough time losing her mother recently and then her uncle yesterday.

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