Posts Tagged ‘budget’

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 [...]

Dear Governor Arnold,

A day or two ago John and Ken were discussing the role vanity played in our current crisis. They were specifically discussing your perpetual need to be liked and loved.Your narcissism has led California into the toilet. You have gone back on almost every major campaign promise you made; all of this was done to [...]

The Senate and Assembly have passed the budget.
Legalized extortion?
It’s time to mobilize and kick them all out!  The first one to be Able Maldonado.
– Updated 2/19/2009 at 8AM

What Maldonado got in return for his vote (from SacBee):

A constitutional amendment establishing an open primary system.
The measure will place on the June 2010 ballot an open primary proposal affecting congressional [...]

Finally the Republicans get some backbone!
Around 11 p.m., a group of GOP senators, unhappy with the higher taxes that Senate leader Dave Cogdill of Modesto agreed to as part of a deal with the governor and Democrats, voted to replace him in a private caucus meeting in Cogdill’s office.
To the Republicans: Stand your ground on [...]

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.
No wonder the leaked [...]

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 [...]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the four legislative leaders have continued their negotiations behind closed doors for weeks, bypassing open legislative committees and offering the outside world few details as a precondition of their talks.
They are asking the taxpayers to give on average $1400 per household in exchange for vague environmental and workplace changes as well [...]

Yesterday the governor gave is State of the State speed to both houses of representatives.  Unlike years before he did not focus on the plans for the next year he focused on basically telling the legislators that nothing should be done until the over $40 billion deficit in the budge is closed.   He urged representatives “to [...]

After the governor vetoed the Democrats illegal budget plan he proposed a four legged solution.  The governor said that “the best way to solve our problems is with a balanced approach that is designed like a four-legged stool”.  The governor held a press conference telling the state about his stool, text and video can be viewed on his website.
The four legs are:

reduce spending [...]

Creating jobs at the expense of the economy in the state?  I don’t think so!
if the article  is true then Schwarzenegger will be going against everything he told us in 2006.  He has flip-flopped so many times on fiscal issues it is not even funny.  I bet soon he will raise the vehicle license fee, the [...]