The following is Google's text only cache version of http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/insider/.
(I couldn't get into the website at sacbee.com without having to register.)
A Weblog by Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub
(916) 321-1914
February 16, 2006
Uh-oh
The four legislative leaders today sent a joint letter to the California Hospital Assn. expressing concern that a proposed ballot measure to increase the tobacco tax could put the state in violation of an agreement that settled nationwide litigation against the industry. That would lead to the forfeit of California's share of the settlement money from that lawsuit and force the state's general fund to repay bonds floated during the Davis Administration that essentially mortgaged that 25-year revenue stream to help bridge the state's budget deficit.
Posted by dweintraub at 04:26 PM<
And that's all it said. No hint at all who the "four legislative leaders" are.
Thanks for the info. I'd love to find out who those legislative leaders are....and thank them!