Posted on 03/12/2006 12:04:53 AM PST by FairOpinion
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers Saturday attempted to pick up the pieces of a historic bond package for new schools, roads and levees and restart negotiations after a bitter defeat of the plan at the hands of Senate Republicans early Saturday morning.
While time may again be running out -- the official deadline was Friday for placing bonds before voters June 6 -- lawmakers agreed that Schwarzenegger's plan isn't dead yet, even for June. After meeting with him Saturday, Assembly Republicans and Democrats agreed to keep negotiating today.
The Senate voted 24-12 along party lines -- three votes short of the required two-thirds majority. No Republicans voted for it.
Republicans also said they could not vote for the package because Democrats had stuffed it with projects like billions for park maintenance, equipment purchases, and even $100 million for youth soccer fields.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
"The Senate voted 24-12 along party lines -- three votes short of the required two-thirds majority. No Republicans voted for it."
The Dems outnumber the Republicans in the CA Senate by 2 to 1. Conservatives and Republicans need to work on changing this balance. THIS is the real problem in CA.
Governors have to work with the Legislature, which is overwhelmingly Democrat.
limbo limbo limbo
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_134_bill_20060310_amended_sen.htmlThere shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.
AB 134 AYES Alarcon Alquist Bowen Cedillo Chesbro Ducheny Dunn Escutia Figueroa Florez Kehoe Kuehl Lowenthal Machado Migden Murray Ortiz Perata Romero Scott Simitian Soto Speier Torlakson NOES Aanestad Ackerman Ashburn Cox Denham Dutton Hollingsworth Maldonado Margett McClintock Poochigian Runner ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING Battin Morrow Vincent Vacancy Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_134_vote_20060311_1249AM_sen_floor.html
This bond package has provisions for raising taxes and is nothing but an environmental land grab.
http://www.takingliberty.us/Narrations/pacific_sw/pacific_sw/player.html
This bill has everything, including the kitchen sink in it.
This is not the final bill.
The Dems did indeed put everything on their wish list into this bill.
That's all the more reason to NOT allow a Dem governor to get elected.
We have a Dem governor now.
Bad link. Correcting...
http://www.takingliberty.us/TLHome.html
According to news reports, this is the bill that Arnold negotiated with the dems over the past several weeks and has been strongarming Republican legislators to sign. Why hasn't he rejected the new taxes?
Here is what I posted only with some spaces to make it none functional.
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Stop complaining and drink your kool-aid.
You're not looking to Republicans to limit government spending, waste and insane borrowing are you?
Evidence indicates Republicans don't believe in doing any of that - or even faking it anymore that they will.
Assuming you live in California, do you think bankrupcy is possible in the near future?
My bet is that they would invoke "emergency powers" or somesuch to "temporarily" set aside Prop 13 before they'd voluntarily declare bankruptcy. I've been hooted down every time I propose it though.
Shouldn't have been. Not on this topic.
The ruling elite has been trying for some time to work their way around 13.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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