MioMyo
2009-05-20 12:09:47 UTC
In a State that couldn't be more blue, looks like Californians are sick and
tired of democrats always asking the hard working stiff to pay higher taxes.
They also sent a strong message with the single proposition which aims to
take punitive action against legislators who continually refuse to balance
the state's annual checkbook.
Bamby.... are you paying attention cause if you aren't America could turn on
you like Californians have done to the very electors they have maintained at
the government pig trough......
My other question is will the Liberal Press Whores ignore this tax revolt
revolution or will they curse and cuss the voters like they did the recent
tea party protestors?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/20/MNRM17NEL2.DTL
California's next budget battle begins this morning as state officials
scramble to close a deficit that instantly swelled to $21.3 billion with
Tuesday's overwhelming defeat of a package of fiscal ballot measures.
"We'll wake up, dust ourselves off and get back to work," said state Senate
President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, one of the authors of the
ballot measures.
The clock already is ticking. Unless Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the
Legislature can quickly agree on a way to bridge that budget gap, there's
the likelihood of a late summer cash crunch, leaving California unable to
pay its bills.
"The longer we wait, the worse the problem becomes and the more limited our
choices will be," Schwarzenegger said in a statement conceding defeat
Tuesday night.
Speed is everything, agreed state Controller John Chiang.
"We need to get it done right now," he said. "One of the mistakes last year
was that in September we knew the budget was out of balance, but we didn't
do anything until February. We can't wait that long."
This year, the state really can't wait much more than a month. If a revised
budget isn't in place by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, California's
financial problems will get worse in a hurry.
Not only do some of the governor's proposed cuts, such as a $1 billion slash
in this year's state education budget, depend on that deadline, but a delay
past that date could make it much tougher for the state to get the billions
of dollars in short-term bank loans needed to keep California afloat.
In order to get those loans, "We need a real budget that has market
credibility by the end of June," said Tom Dressler, a spokesman for state
Treasurer Bill Lockyer. "That's not just a budget, but a credible budget."
Democrats are holding a news conference this morning to announce "a detailed
(legislative) calendar that tells people we will meet the deadline."
Republicans also will announce their plans for moving the budget discussions
along.
"We've got to act quickly," said state Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta
(Riverside County), the GOP leader. "While none of the options are good, the
imperative is that we act quickly."
A joint legislative committee will begin work this week and both Chiang and
Lockyer are expected to appear before legislators Friday to warn them about
the seriousness of the impending cash crunch.
"Schwarzenegger spent election day in Washington, where he appeared
alongside President Obama in a Rose Garden ceremony announcing new, tougher
auto emission standards that California has been seeking for years.
The governor met later in the day with the California congressional
delegation and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to ask for their
support in dealing with proposed budget cuts that could violate federal
rules for matching funds.
Schwarzenegger is scheduled to meet this morning with Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius before he flies back to California for
a 3:30 p.m. budget conference with legislative leaders from both parties.
But there already are indications of the political troubles that lie ahead.
Schwarzenegger released a budget revision last week, listing ways to close
the $21.3 billion budget gap. But neither Republicans nor Democrats are
willing to instantly sign on to that package, which not only includes deep
cuts in education and social services, but also calls for billions in
borrowing.
"The governor's proposal is a proposal," Steinberg said. Democrats "will do
our very best to protect the most vulnerable."
The election was a vote of no confidence by Californians who don't want more
taxes, increased spending or any borrowing, said Hollingsworth, the GOP
Senate leader.
Senate Republicans "don't look favorably on borrowing," he said. "There are
things in the governor's plan that we support and things that we will have
to discuss in the budget process."
That's an ominous reminder of the partisan squabbling that stalled budget
negotiations for months last year.
But voters showed at the ballot box Tuesday just how unhappy they are with
business as usual in Sacramento. A reprise of last year's budget fight could
cripple the state financially and leave voters even angrier, said Barbara
O'Connor, a professor of political communications at Sacramento State
University.
"There's no alternative but to get legislators to look past personal
politics," she said. "California's budget is an interim disaster and a
long-term problem. We need to first fix the disaster and then try and decide
what to do down the road."
tired of democrats always asking the hard working stiff to pay higher taxes.
They also sent a strong message with the single proposition which aims to
take punitive action against legislators who continually refuse to balance
the state's annual checkbook.
Bamby.... are you paying attention cause if you aren't America could turn on
you like Californians have done to the very electors they have maintained at
the government pig trough......
My other question is will the Liberal Press Whores ignore this tax revolt
revolution or will they curse and cuss the voters like they did the recent
tea party protestors?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/20/MNRM17NEL2.DTL
California's next budget battle begins this morning as state officials
scramble to close a deficit that instantly swelled to $21.3 billion with
Tuesday's overwhelming defeat of a package of fiscal ballot measures.
"We'll wake up, dust ourselves off and get back to work," said state Senate
President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, one of the authors of the
ballot measures.
The clock already is ticking. Unless Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the
Legislature can quickly agree on a way to bridge that budget gap, there's
the likelihood of a late summer cash crunch, leaving California unable to
pay its bills.
"The longer we wait, the worse the problem becomes and the more limited our
choices will be," Schwarzenegger said in a statement conceding defeat
Tuesday night.
Speed is everything, agreed state Controller John Chiang.
"We need to get it done right now," he said. "One of the mistakes last year
was that in September we knew the budget was out of balance, but we didn't
do anything until February. We can't wait that long."
This year, the state really can't wait much more than a month. If a revised
budget isn't in place by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, California's
financial problems will get worse in a hurry.
Not only do some of the governor's proposed cuts, such as a $1 billion slash
in this year's state education budget, depend on that deadline, but a delay
past that date could make it much tougher for the state to get the billions
of dollars in short-term bank loans needed to keep California afloat.
In order to get those loans, "We need a real budget that has market
credibility by the end of June," said Tom Dressler, a spokesman for state
Treasurer Bill Lockyer. "That's not just a budget, but a credible budget."
Democrats are holding a news conference this morning to announce "a detailed
(legislative) calendar that tells people we will meet the deadline."
Republicans also will announce their plans for moving the budget discussions
along.
"We've got to act quickly," said state Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta
(Riverside County), the GOP leader. "While none of the options are good, the
imperative is that we act quickly."
A joint legislative committee will begin work this week and both Chiang and
Lockyer are expected to appear before legislators Friday to warn them about
the seriousness of the impending cash crunch.
"Schwarzenegger spent election day in Washington, where he appeared
alongside President Obama in a Rose Garden ceremony announcing new, tougher
auto emission standards that California has been seeking for years.
The governor met later in the day with the California congressional
delegation and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to ask for their
support in dealing with proposed budget cuts that could violate federal
rules for matching funds.
Schwarzenegger is scheduled to meet this morning with Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius before he flies back to California for
a 3:30 p.m. budget conference with legislative leaders from both parties.
But there already are indications of the political troubles that lie ahead.
Schwarzenegger released a budget revision last week, listing ways to close
the $21.3 billion budget gap. But neither Republicans nor Democrats are
willing to instantly sign on to that package, which not only includes deep
cuts in education and social services, but also calls for billions in
borrowing.
"The governor's proposal is a proposal," Steinberg said. Democrats "will do
our very best to protect the most vulnerable."
The election was a vote of no confidence by Californians who don't want more
taxes, increased spending or any borrowing, said Hollingsworth, the GOP
Senate leader.
Senate Republicans "don't look favorably on borrowing," he said. "There are
things in the governor's plan that we support and things that we will have
to discuss in the budget process."
That's an ominous reminder of the partisan squabbling that stalled budget
negotiations for months last year.
But voters showed at the ballot box Tuesday just how unhappy they are with
business as usual in Sacramento. A reprise of last year's budget fight could
cripple the state financially and leave voters even angrier, said Barbara
O'Connor, a professor of political communications at Sacramento State
University.
"There's no alternative but to get legislators to look past personal
politics," she said. "California's budget is an interim disaster and a
long-term problem. We need to first fix the disaster and then try and decide
what to do down the road."