GOP Senate leader predicts Republican ideas will rise post-May 19

SacBee: Capitol Alert ^ | 4/29/9 | Susan Ferriss

[SmithL]

If voters reject proposals May 19 to fix the state budget, GOP Senate leader Dennis Hollingsworth predicted Wednesday that "by default" his party's ideas for cutting public spending and easing business regulations will catch fire.

"Eventually they're going to have to start listening," Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, said of the Democratic majority in the state Legislature. "There won't be revenues available to do what they want to do. They're killing the Golden Goose."

Speaking with reporters in his minority leader office, Hollingsworth said that if the set of six propositions on the ballot fail, the following day "it gets uglier." The GOP will be ready with proposals "global in nature" for cutting public spending.

[DoughtyOne]

I believe he should be pushing proposition 1F. It prevents legislature pay raises if the budget isn’t balanced.

[concerned about politics]

If the GOP goes back to it's Conservative roots, maybe it'll receive it's reward. If not, the libertarians may, for the first time, become a viable alternative. The GOP will reap what it sows. After Oboma, I don't think America will want to hear any more lies.

[freedumb2003]

They are all Trojan Horses — no on everything!

[Publius6961]

I believe he should be pushing proposition 1F. It prevents legislature pay raises if the budget isn’t balanced.

Useless tokenism, to suck in the uninformed and the willfully ignorant.
Now, if it meant a permanent (minimum 4 year) pay cut for failure to perform...

[DoughtyOne]

I realize the first five are absolutely disgusting from our point of view. What’s the dig on 1F? I didn’t catch it from the cut down descriptions.

[Oldexpat]

To the uniformed the ads sound marvelous and none of the talk show hosts are parsing them to explain them to the public.

[freedumb2003]

Actually, I have to do some research — I just know that nop matter what they want to do, they want to take our money.

1F might be the “blood money” that Maldonado got in exchange for turning his back on all of us.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

RE: Useless tokenism

I agree! Prop 1-F is an insult.

It's a silly "concession" by the legislature hacks.

End their damn pay and per diem -- and don't give it back unless the budget substantially delivers as advertised a year later.

[truth_seeker]

I read the summary of the ballot, and it is NOT clear that these popositions ratify the tax increases passed by the dem majority and agreed with, by Arnold.

Apparently behind in the polls now, I expect massive advertising will result with scaring the public into passing the tax increases (without knowing they are doing so).