[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

BAWAAHAHAHAHA!!

Keep the money close to home is always a good plan!

[searchandrecovery]

...when people could start to see local police calls go unanswered and parks grow unmowed...

Time to start releasing prisoners early 'cause there's no mo' money. Hey, I've got an idea - how about cutting welfare, public housing, support for the "arts", politicians' staff, etc. ...

[Amerigomag]

Here's the real beauty to this initiative. It stops the transfer of wealth from "rich" counties to "poor" counties. In a word it stops an inordinate amount of wealth from being transfered to Los Angeles County.

Since redistribution is based on population, not the individauls county's contibution, those counties with large areas, moderate to high land values and low populations such as San Louis Obispo, Fresno and Sanata Barbara Counties are "rich" counties. Counties with super high population densities, regardless of land values, like San Francisco, Alameda and Los Angeles County are "poor" counties. Under this formula, the poorest of California's counties is Los Angeles County.

[Fledermaus]

Good! It's about time governments start shutting down and closing up funds.

Most of the money goes to unaccountable BULLCRAP!

WAKE UP AMERICA! Ken Lay and Enron have nothing on the Federal, State, County and Municipal Governments you MORONS keep putting in office.

So don't whine to me about corporate malfeasence when you are more complicit in mafia like tactics involving government spending.

When I read or listen to some government hack lying and complaining about money "for the children" I add another name to my list of people that I hope die slow, horrible deaths.