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The possibilities include cutting $3.6 billion from education, reducing the state’s firefighting budget by 10%, and releasing 40,000 low-risk inmates to cut prison costs, Mr. Schwarzenegger said. The state also may have to borrow $2 billion from local governments, he said.
Great Arnold, cut the programs that a bare bones government is supports to support and [...]

SACRAMENTO — Assembly GOP leader Mike Villines of Clovis is expected to resign his leadership post today, as anger builds among anti-tax conservatives over a budget deal he negotiated.
The Assembly’s 29 Republican members will vote on his replacement at a morning meeting, although Villines is expected to keep the job during a transition period. The [...]

The recall of California’s Legislators whom did not fight to stop the tax increases is under way with the Serving of Assemblyman Anthony Adams by ATLS PAC of Newport Beach.
Read more Assemblyman Adams served with recall papers - Pasadena Star News
Who’s next? Jeff Miller?

Today is a day without a taxpayer.
The day when California sales taxes will be raised.
It is our duty as taxpayers of this great state to send a message to the leaders of hte state.  Show them you disapprove of these new taxes by refraining from purchasing anything that is taxed using a sales tax.
Calif.’s budget [...]

It is amazing!  After the long budget fight our legislators are still looking to find ways to increase government.  My favored is the proposal that would require sterilization of pet cats that roam.  How much further can the government reach into our lives and pocket books?  We are faced with another $8B in potential budget [...]

More taxes coming to fill the $8B budget short fall identified less than a month after the largest state tax hike in US history.  Will non-tax representatives stand strong?
The proposals include a 25-cent fee for shoppers who use plastic bags; a tax on cigarettes to fund programs discouraging tobacco use; a $50 per ounce tax [...]

In the midst of intense state budget negotiations, Democratic lawmakers stole away to an elegant wine-country lodge where the gourmet meals, rooms and cocktails were provided by a trio of interests with much at stake in the Capitol.
Soon after the trial lawyers and the unions representing firefighters and carpenters covered the $14,000 tab, their agendas [...]

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny reworded part of the label for Proposition 1A, which would impose a state spending restriction and extend tax increases lawmakers approved as part of the budget deal last month.
Thanks goes out to the Howard Jarvis taxpayers Association for bringing this lawsuit.  Hopefully now the people will start to see [...]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Department of Finance estimated Wednesday that California will not receive enough federal stimulus money to avoid higher personal income taxes and deeper cuts in social services.
Officials said California will fall $2 billion short of the $10 billion threshold the state must receive to eliminate $1.8 billion in additional income tax increases and [...]

Senator Don Perata addresses SEIU, Local 1000 rally at the Capitol protesting the Governor’s intent to reduce the wages of 200,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage on July 24, 2008.

We go into public service because we care about serving the public..
Does that mean making them go bankrupt?  This is amazing, it will [...]