Posted on 03/06/2011 1:35:39 AM PST by JoeA
California Governor Jerry Brown met with the Executive Committee of the Bay Area Council and picked up the groups endorsement of his budget proposal. Emerging from a meeting at the Bank of America building, Council CEO & President Jim Wunderman termed the talks tough, but refreshing and honest. Californias budgets of the recent past have violated every principle of fiscal responsibility by conjuring up billions of dollars in fake revenues and pushing hard decisions off until next year. The day of reckoning has finally arrived, and the only way through it is with a spirit of shared sacrifice and grownup behavior. Wunderman went on to say that not everything Brown proposed was to the groups liking. Our members dont like the higher taxes, which run counter to expanding business and jobs in the state. But on balance, we need to be part of the solution and we support the Governors proposal overall.
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Stockholm Syndrome Ping
Examiblogger's sidekick Cookie will be standing by to fill everyone's browser with unwanted adware and ?????
(Of course, he could always post his article in full, but what would be the fun in that?)
The Bay Area is full of leftist councils.. look at their successes,, Oakland, Richmond, San Jose.
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