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After 99 Days, What's a Few More? (California Still Fiscally Dissolving)
Center for Fiscal Accountability ^ | 10/11/10 | CFA

Posted on 10/15/2010 12:32:09 PM PDT by Andrea19

Though it has yet to pass a budget on time in the modern era, California was especially late in its annual appropriations this year - waiting 99 days to rangle a budget deal through the state legislature. Per usual, backroom wheelings and dealings secured a massive spending missive, totaling $87.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2011, which started July 1.

Although lawmakers has waited 100 days to pass a budget, they were so eager to ram the spending through that they couldn't wait a few extra days to ensure there was time to actually read the bill...

(Excerpt) Read more at fiscalaccountability.org ...


TOPICS: Government; Local News; Politics; Reference
KEYWORDS: cabudget; calegislature
Soon California will have just golden memories.

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1 posted on 10/15/2010 12:32:13 PM PDT by Andrea19
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To: Andrea19

pay, benefits and stipends suspended for all legislators until budget passed. this solves the problem, i would think.


2 posted on 10/15/2010 12:41:55 PM PDT by sappy (criminalibs)
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To: Andrea19

C’mon California! Get your fiscal house in order. Mexico’s NEVER going to take possession of you at this rate!


3 posted on 10/15/2010 1:23:47 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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