Posted on 08/19/2008 5:00:21 AM PDT by radar101
Assemblywoman Nicole Parra speaks with fellow Democrat Alberto Torrico on Monday after learning that Speaker Karen Bass was ousting her from her Capitol office to a legislative office building across the street because she abstained from Sunday's budget vote, failing to support party leaders.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The only perceptible movement Monday in the Capitol's long-stalled budget debate came on the fifth floor Democrat Nicole Parra was booted from her office for bucking her party during a vote Sunday night.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass sent Parra packing not to smaller Capitol digs the usual reprimand for rebellious members but out of the building entirely. She landed across the street in a legislative office building on N Street where no other lawmakers are quartered.
Parra, from Hanford in Kings County, has vowed not to vote for the state budget unless lawmakers also agree to put a water bond on the Nov. 4 ballot a priority for farmers in her district who have long pushed for new dams.
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HOW DEMOCRATS TREAT MAVERICKS (conscientious representatives)
That’s what she gets for being a ‘Rat.
You can be sure the “party leaders” got THEIR pork projects approved.
Any biologist would tell you that RATS eat their own.
Large-mouthed Bass swallows parrahna BUMP!
Contrast that to the our Maverick-emulating Gang of 5.
You can’t vote AGAINST the Dems if you are a Dem. Blue Dogs, better watch it in the House for Queen Nan!!
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