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California Supreme Court balks at helping Schwarzenegger's building sale bid
Sacramento Bee ^ | 12/29/10 | David Siders

Posted on 12/29/2010 12:51:34 PM PST by SmithL

The California Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to lift a stay blocking the sale of state office properties until after he leaves office next week, likely sinking the deal.

Gov.-elect Jerry Brown has been critical of the transaction and, as the state attorney general, declined to defend it.

Schwarzenegger and the Legislature last year approved selling 24 buildings on 11 properties to private investors for immediate cash, while promising to lease back the properties for 20 years.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: caassets; cronyism; goldenstate; saleleaseback; schwarzenegger; scoc; smokeandmirrors; thisdealsmells; yourtaxdollarsatwork

1 posted on 12/29/2010 12:51:37 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Cronies of Moonbeam will soak up the wining and dining from potential buyers, then probably turn the properties over to CALPERs to help ‘re-fund’ the retirement program, and cities who COULD have gotten property tax revenue off these properties will get the shaft, again.


2 posted on 12/29/2010 12:55:30 PM PST by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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To: SmithL
LOL, sell them for $1billion, pay back $6billion in rent. What a deal.
3 posted on 12/29/2010 12:57:14 PM PST by Jolla
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To: Jolla
...sell them for $1billion, pay back $6billion in rent.

Yep, it's the kind of economic brilliance we've all come to expect from the big AAS.

4 posted on 12/29/2010 2:06:33 PM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: SmithL

This was the Austrian’s parting gift to his buds in the New York bond market.


5 posted on 12/29/2010 3:36:33 PM PST by Amerigomag
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