Posted on 06/30/2005 9:30:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking for a few good workers. A few thousand.
Despite his stump speeches about curbing government spending, the state has added 4,983 full-time government jobs this fiscal year.
And the Schwarzenegger administration proposes creating 6,288 jobs in the fiscal year that starts Friday, adding up to a net gain of more than 11, 000 full-time jobs in two years, Department of Finance documents show. Overall, Schwarzenegger's budget calls for 329,045 positions next year, up 3.5 percent from two years ago.
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote today on a budget that Democratic backers say closely mirrors Schwarzenegger's proposal. Although Republicans are expected to withhold their support for the plan under consideration today, the vast majority of Schwarzenegger's budget proposals are likely to be approved when lawmakers reach a final deal.
"The wheels of government just go on and on,'' said Ron Roach, a spokesman for the California Taxpayers' Association, ... . "It's hard to slay the dragon."
By contrast, the state eliminated roughly 10,000 full-time jobs through attrition in 2003-2004, the year that voters tossed Gov. Gray Davis out of office and replaced him with Schwarzenegger. But state employment generally grew steadily under Davis as well, even after he announced a hiring freeze.
Ken Mandler, editor of the Capitol Weekly, a newspaper that specializes in reporting on state jobs, said hiring ground to a halt for months before and after the recall election because of confusion about what would happen. The state also was in the midst of a fiscal crisis as revenue plummeted after the dot-com crash and the state deficit soared. In December 2003, Moody's downgraded California's credit rating to the worst level in state history.
"The bureaucracy was paralyzed. They didn't do anything,'' Mandler said. "Now it's back to normal."
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Although Republicans are expected to withhold their support for the plan under consideration today, the vast majority of Schwarzenegger's budget proposals are likely to be approved when lawmakers reach a final deal.
if only the Gub was a Republican,, we might stand a chance., might.
Things change, Things stay the same.
My son has an interview next week for an engineering position with CalTrans, and I say "GOOD!"
I guess he meant "blow up" in the sense that when you "blow up" a balloon, it gets bigger.
Tell him not to sweat it. How hard can it be to lean on a shovel and leer at women? Or smoke a cig while holding a "SLOW" sign incorrectly?
Wish him good luck! :)
On a serious note, while I support the reduction of state spending, and the cutting of certain programs, there's one program I support an increase in, and that's roads and the state's highway system (my son's job possibility notwithstanding). I swear...some of the worst roads in the country are in California. Crumbling infrastructure, and gridlock on the freeways. I wouldn't mind the legislature throwing more money at improving the highway infrastructure.
Thanks. He's got three kids (all under the age of three -- the third being born three weeks ago), and he's working in a temporary position at SMUD in Sacramento that runs out in a month. He could really use the luck, even if it means working for CalTrans.
I say good O...as long as my ox ain't the one being gored
I don't mind my ox being gored, but as a parent, I hate seeing my son's being gored.
ROFLMAO
Or get worse.
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