Posted on 08/03/2007 10:13:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
STATE SENATE President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, called the budget impasse "a Republican problem." To be precise, it is the problem of a small group of Republican senators who have allowed their egos and ideologies to trump the public interest.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, also a Republican, expressed frustration with the holdouts during a news conference Thursday. The governor effectively gave them want they wanted - in terms of the budget - when he agreed to use his line-item veto to cut the remaining $700 million deficit when it reaches his desk. The budget contains the largest reserve in state history and requires no tax increase - satisfying two other GOP senators' ostensible concerns.
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"Sooner or later, public opinion is going to come down on top of them," Perata said. "Maybe that's why they have 15, not 25, senators."
At least there is one responsible GOP senator in the upper house: Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria, who broke ranks to support the compromise. The rest are proving a shame to their party and a burden on the state.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Really, it is nice to see the RATs there complain, something good must be happening.
And here I thought it was due to gerrymandering...
To summarize the editorial: “Come on, man! We want our free stuff!” ;)
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