You stated that "thousands of government employees, the ones who paid for it, will get a raise." My challenging this statement is hardly an "irrelevancy."  

If you feel government workers are "underworked and overpaid", fine, that's your opinion and I have no problem with your stating it.  I disagree with you, but that's just my opinion as well.  

Are public employees and public employee unions suppoting Governor Brown's election.  From all I've read, yes they are.  On the other hand, many corporations and wealthy individuals are opposing her election.  This is a process called democracy and, with the conservative implemented Citizens United decision, they all have the right to "voice" their support with virtually unlimited campaign donations.  

I adamently oppose such unlimited campaign donations and expenditures, but until we have publicly funded campaigns, this is the way it's going to be.  In my opinion, it's the entire process which has been corrupted......