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California Elected Officials' Pay Will Be Cut 18%
Los Angeles Times ^
| May 21, 2009
| Patrick McGreevy and Ann M. Simmons
Posted on 05/20/2009 5:13:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: patton
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:10:07 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: dragnet2
Sure - congrats to CA on finding some sense. It was a good move.
However, with all of the mandated funding (ballot iniatives for this, that, and the other...), how much of CA’s spending can the legislature eliminate?
Not to justify their massive overspending, just curious what they can legally do.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:13:30 PM PDT
by
patton
(Oligarchy is an absorbing state in the Markov process we find ourselves in. Sigh.)
To: patton
how much of CAs spending can the legislature eliminate? The tax payers are out of money. Do the numbers....lol
43
posted on
05/20/2009 8:15:25 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: patton
Sure - congrats to CAHope that didn't hurt too much.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:16:14 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: al baby
C’mon, Arnie’s governor’s salary doesn’t even pay for his yearly body oil usage.
To: dragnet2
Here is an example - I am sure CA is obligated legally to make payment on their various bonds. That is probably 20% of an honest budget, right there.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:17:49 PM PDT
by
patton
(Oligarchy is an absorbing state in the Markov process we find ourselves in. Sigh.)
To: dragnet2
Not at all - I sincerely meant it.
47
posted on
05/20/2009 8:18:45 PM PDT
by
patton
(Oligarchy is an absorbing state in the Markov process we find ourselves in. Sigh.)
To: patton
So what do you think of the fact that California’s just murdered Republican Schwarzenegger’s future political career?
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:21:28 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: dragnet2
49
posted on
05/20/2009 8:25:00 PM PDT
by
patton
(Oligarchy is an absorbing state in the Markov process we find ourselves in. Sigh.)
To: nickcarraway
"How do you find $21 billion in one year?" Easy: Cut the things that you increased to get the deficit in the first place.
50
posted on
05/20/2009 8:27:59 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: truth_seeker
"Phuquers will be trying to float a bond, against projected future cuts." Legislative derrivatives!
51
posted on
05/20/2009 8:30:22 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: patton
So what do you think of the fact that Californias just murdered Republican Schwarzeneggers future political career?
He had one? Who knew.
Apparently you didn't.
He is/was governor of the most populated state.
Of course, his short political career is done now.
lol
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:31:08 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: nickcarraway
But state Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego), who will be termed out of the Legislature next year, called the decrease "excessive" and "punitive" and said it may discourage some people from running for state office.I prefer to think of it in Clinton terms. They deserve a 40% pay cut, so they should think about this as being a 22% pay increase.
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posted on
05/21/2009 12:43:06 AM PDT
by
altair
(My vote didn't count, I voted in California)
To: SunkenCiv
One legislator, Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), said he would voluntarily accept the pay cut effective June 1.Yay, State Senator Maldonado! You're definitely one of the (embarrassingly few) Good Guys in CA state government.
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posted on
05/21/2009 12:54:02 AM PDT
by
altair
(My vote didn't count, I voted in California)
To: altair; calcowgirl
Um, not Maldonado. He’s a liberal RINO asshat weasel to rival Ah-nold.
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posted on
05/21/2009 6:22:25 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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