SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) calls on the governor to sign off on responsible budget measures that solve the budget deficit and put an end to California’s issuance of expensive IOU’s.
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Schwarzenegger: I don’t need no stinkin legislature to balance budget!
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
As Jon Ortiz of the Sacramento Bee points out today, Arnold has decided that he can balance the sudget without the legislature. He can sit in his bubble bath, and keep adding furlough days and across the board paycuts until…
No Budget, IOUs, Home for the Holiday Weekend
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
From the Orange County Register’s Jennifer Muir and Brian Joseph: SACRAMENTO – Lawmakers headed home Thursday without a budget deal, as the state controller’s office began printing tens of thousands of IOUs, leaving vendors, municipal governments and students who receive financial…
The New Attack on Democracy: What the Founders Knew But We’ve Forgotten
by Michael D. Fox • • 5 Comments
One of the foundational principles of American democracy is under attack. When the nation’s Founders crafted the United States Constitution in 1787, they were careful to include a requirement that: “The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their…
Schwarzenegger: Democrats are wasting time
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Just up on the LATimes.com Arnold Schwarzenegger says Democrats are wasting time on flawed budget plans The California governor says he will veto the Legislature-approved package, which includes tax hikes. The state is days away from having to issue IOUs.…
Legislature rejects budget cuts. Republicans say they are not deep enough.
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
“The cuts don’t go deep enough,” said Orange County Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel. “It doesn’t solve the problem.” This just in from the Orange County Register: Legislature rejects core of Democrats’ budget plan By BRIAN JOSEPH The Orange County…
Budget Committee Says No Taking Local Funds
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The LATimes reports this morning on the meeting of the California Legislatures Budget Conference Committee. The committee has said no to Arnold’s plan to steal funds from local governments, and also reduce dramatically some of the other program cuts he…
