Posted on 12/19/2008 1:16:51 PM PST by SmithL
The state's budget deficit -- an estimated $40 billion over the next 18 months -- just got a little worse, thanks to a San Diego Superior Court ruling.
The court declared that when the Legislature appropriated just $1,000 to repay school districts for the 38 programs that the state mandates they implement, it violated the state constitution.
The California School Boards Association, which was a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, said it means the state owes schools another $160 million a year for mandates that the constitution says the state must finance when it imposes them on school districts are other local government entities.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Good.
ya got your unfunded man-dates and then ya got your voter-approved man-dates and when they collide , ya got your sucking sound as the bottom falls out..
ROFL, it’s good we can laugh in the faces of these idiots. Hoist on their own....
Please, never use the terms “man-date” and “sucking” in the same sentence again!
Who’d’ve thought a decent ruling like that could come out of a California court?
Yawn
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
No wonder we have so many unfunded mandates in Washington State. All those people who left California and came to Washington brought their politics with them.
I’m a Californian but I hope for more of this type of thing.
The only way our legislators will wake up is if they are forced to. I’m actually hoping for a financial meltdown and bankruptcy in California. It’s the only way to get our leaders act. Our state would be better off without a legislature. It’s criminal they way they constantly try to undermine the people.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.