Posted on 09/27/2008 9:58:58 AM PDT by SmithL
New fallout from the state's historic budget standoff came Friday in the form of gubernatorial vetoes, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blocked 18 bills and blamed his actions on the 85-day budget delay.
The Republican governor signed a uniform veto message for 18 of the 27 bills he vetoed Friday that suggested he did not have enough time to review low-priority bills.
Among the vetoed proposals were requirements that pet stores use humane methods in euthanizing rodents and restrictions on uses of human remains in exhibitions.
"The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State Budget has forced me to prioritize the bills sent to my desk at the end of the year's legislative session," Schwarzenegger wrote in his veto message. "Given the delay, I am only signing bills that are the highest priority for California."
Schwarzenegger signed the budget Tuesday, shrinking the usual monthlong period between budget approval and the Sept. 30 bill-signing deadline to one week.
The governor had previously threatened to veto all bills until he received the budget, prompting both houses to wait until this week to send him their bills.
The governor had 875 bills to review, but he told a San Diego radio station Thursday that many are "lousy" and there are only about "300 bills that I have that I'm going to deal with in a responsible way" due to the compressed period, according to a transcript from the Governor's Office.
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Darn..No human remains in public displays. Guess that lets out public hangings of crooked pols.
We should just turn bill writing, lawmaking over to an unelected body of experts.
Government has gotten too big and complex for elected officials to manage.
/Rome
Rather than a the usual month (legislature usually adjourns Aug 31), he has barely a week because the bills were held back and not transmitted by the legislature. During the session he gets 12 days to act.
He can't get extra time but the June 15th constitutional deadline to have a budget passed or the July 1 deadline for the governor to sign or veto don't matter?
In 20 years, there's only been a new budget in place for the coming fiscal year in 1993, 1999, 2000 and 2006. In 22 years, there has NEVER been a budget to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline.
Why do should the People of CA put up with this kabuki theater decade after decade?
It's crystal clear that withholding legislators salaries is not enough of an incentive to get them to act in a timely fashion.
I really like that!
Exactly.
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood." James Madison
Hello?
That's why watching Congress is such Kabuki theater.
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