Posted on 07/19/2007 8:08:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS COLLAPSING ON BUDGET TONIGHT! THE VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR 8:15 PM TONIGHT. PLEASE CONTACT ASSEMBLY AND SENATE REPUBLICAN OFFICES AND DEMAND THAT THEY HOLD FIRM FOR A BALANCED BUDGET. The Assembly is convening tonight to adopt another seriously out-of-balance state budget (SB 77). Worse, it sets in motion obligations that will cause a catastrophic shortfall for the following year. And worst of all, it plans on continuing the process of “escheat,” in which the state controller loots safe deposit boxes, retirement and college funds – any assets that are idle for just three years – to deposit in the general fund. Even though a federal court has ordered them temporarily to halt this practice, they are still counting on resuming it – or having taxpayers pick up the difference. Because it takes a 2/3 vote to adopt the budget, Republicans can hold firm to demand what they promised California – a state government that lives within its means. If this budget is adopted as it now stands, it will be due entirely to Republican complicity. In the Assembly, SIX Republicans will have to vote with the Democrats to adopt this budget.
PLEASE CALL ASSEMBLY AND SENATE REPUBLICAN OFFICES IMMEDIATELY TO VOICE YOUR STRONG OPPOSITION. LET THEM KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING AND THAT YOU’LL BE LONG REMEMBERING HOW THEY VOTE. If the measure is adopted by the Assembly, it will then move to the Senate for a 9:00 am vote Friday. This may be is our last line of defense. Here are the details: Although they claim they have reduced the budget deficit to “just” a half-billion dollars this year, they are setting in motion a $5.2 billion deficit for next year – without the cash to cover it. And where do you think they’re going to make up the difference? But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The actual budget deficit will most likely be many times greater than the half-billion dollar gap they’re admitting to. Here are just a few of the games they’re playing – and that taxpayers will have to make up – when they come up short: The budget bill (SB 77): - ignores almost certain contract obligations to the tune of $330 million - refuses to acknowledge the fact that we’ve brought in $600 million less than budgeted during just the last two months - defies a court order and plans to continue to raise $400 million a year by seizing personal property after three "years of “inactivity" - plans to sell the state’s “"Ed Fund" to a private consortium, and valuing it far in excess of what it is likely to bring in. - assumes hundreds of millions of dollars more in property taxes than the Legislative Analyst has warned is prudent - assumes much higher revenues from tribal gaming than the Legislative Analyst’s Office has projected. In all, more than $4 billion of gimmickry is involved in this budget – gimmickry that will bite taxpayers hard as we approach the next fiscal year – on top of the huge deficits they’re already admitting to. ---------------- CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER NOW!
Nah. This ugly mess will be taken up in the Senate 6:00pm Friday.
I give McClintock credit for fighting, but it’s a lost cause. He’s like that lone protester in Tiananmen Square.
I give McClintock credit for fighting, but it’s a lost cause. He’s like that lone protester in Tiananmen Square.
Mess is right.
Do they all have their bags packed?
There is no point in voting for a Republican who would authorize these shenanigans. When the CAGOP finally realizes that they have deserted their base, it will be too late.
For those blindly loyal to the CAGOP, it is not the end of life but simply a process of things getting a lot worse before they get better. Republicans will become a smaller and smaller minority in both state and local government as they continue their headlong plunge to the left.
In all, more than $4 billion of gimmickry is involved in this budget – gimmickry that will bite taxpayers hard as we approach the next fiscal year – on top of the huge deficits they’re already admitting to.
And the beat goes on.
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Nonscene. Haven't you heard that RINOs govern as FISCAL CONSERVATIVES and DELIVER their state to the GOP??
The ONLY hope to SAVE New York Illinois New Jersey California the U.S.A. is to vote for George Pataki George Ryan Christie Todd Whitman Arnold Schwartzenegger Rudy Giuliani!!! YOU may might like them, but you must accept the FACT that a hard coservative WILL NEVER WIN here so we NEED an ELECTABLE MODERATE to STOP THE DEMOCRATS!
I will be laughing my butt off when you extreme right-wingers come back in five years and see how much BETTER things are in New York Illinois New Jersey California the U.S.A. under George Pataki George Ryan Christie Todd Whitman Arnold Schwartzenegger Rudy Giulian's REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP!!! They'll SLASH spending!! And appoint STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST judges!! And BRING THE BUISNESSES BACK!! And EVERYTHING!! 50% of the pie is better than nothing!!
George Pataki George Ryan Christie Todd Whitman Arnold Schwartzenegger Rudy Giuliani is the ONLY choice (other Republicans can't win, obviously), and since you don't back THEM -- you MUST be on the DEMOCRATS payroll. Once a REPUBLICAN wins this state, the national GOP is going to take notice now that New York Illinois New Jersey California the U.S.A. is IN PLAY for the GOP!
BTW, a bit off topic, but did you see the thread about this new TV ad airing?
Governor Tommy Thompson outlines his common sense plan to address immigration.
FIRST, Governor Thompson opposes ANY legislation that creates amnesty for illegal aliens:
“We must support the rule of law in our country. People who are found to be in the country illegally should be returned to their home countries and should have to wait at the end of the line, behind people who are seeking to enter the country or become citizens legally,” said Thompson.
SECOND, Governor Thompson would complete the border security wall that Congress authorized last year within the first 150 days of his presidency.
THIRD, Thompson would pardon the border patrol agents who are being imprisoned for doing nothing more than their jobs.
And LAST, Thompson would require non-citizens who want to work in the United States to use a tamper proof ID card and penalize employers who do not verify with it.
Thompson added, “Every immigrant who wants to be a citizen of the United States must learn our American language — English. It’s the language of opportunity and success in the U.S.”
Can you believe this Tommy fellow, running as unabashedly pro-life, pro-gun, pro-family, pro-rule of law in BLUE STATE Wisconsin? Some of the Arnoldbot better him he needs to be “moderate” to become “electable” in a state like that.
Oh that’s right. He was ALREADY elected Governor of Wisconsin...four times. ;-)
BTTT
Nope. They called you a Democrat.
But ... They were recently purged from FR, you are still posting, our Republican governor is still a liberal and the CAGOP can't tell the difference between a foreign national and a US citizen.
I asked one of them who was paying them to post FUD about Mac and never got a denial...
That crowd is using the same ploy with Giuliani that they used with Schwarzenegger, Toomey, etc. Unfortunately, some still fall for it. Instead of jumping behind a conservative, they spend all their effort tearing them down and casting them as “unelectable.” It’s the same old song and the shills are still as transparent as they were before. Different screennames... same tactics.
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