The Capital Weekly is reporting that “California labor unions, business associations and other interest groups spent more than $558 million – about $764,000 a day – to influence California government during the 2007-08 legislative session, according to state records analyzed by Capitol Weekly.” Capitol Weekly: Interest groups’ lobbying tally tops $500 million.
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Taxes, Budget and interest groups’ spent more than $500 million
Furloughs have begun!
Many state employees stayed at home today. But for some reason that state thought it was a good idea to keep the State parks, museums and historic sites. Interesting, I guess they are giving the furloughed employees somethign to do on there day off!
For a list of offices that are closed see status of some [...]
Judge says furloughs allowed and legislators threatened with recall
At least some people in government are thinking straight. A Sacramento judge Thursday gave Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the green light to furlough hundreds of thousands of state employees for two days a month, rejecting a union challenge that the governor exceeded his authority in issuing the December order. This is great news, now people in [...]
