[Zakeet]

That's how serious and urgent this state budget crunch really is.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Commission members said their lawyer said the reductions would be impossible to implement during this calendar year. That’s how serious and urgent this state budget crunch really is.

Translation: They need time to figure out how to get past this bump in the road..perhaps “bonuses” for jobs well done?

[KarlInOhio]

Commission members said their lawyer said the reductions would be impossible to implement during this calendar year.

If the voters had voted for an 18% increase on Tuesday, would the state representatives start the new pay next week or would they have the accountants work overtime to make sure it was started Wednesday morning.

[NautiNurse]

Do you have a good link for the story?

[Migraine]

AND... when crunch time comes (if it does, because I’m pretty sure the baraqq-0-matic money machine will crank out close to $50 billion for California), the 20% “cuts” will merely be a cut of 20% of the INCREASE the bureaucrats were expecting — i.e., they will get 80% of the raise they were hankerin for. You know how government spending goes.

[norwaypinesavage]

"it had slashed the salaries of the governor, attorney general, controller, all legislators and other top elected state officials by 18%. That's nearly 20%!

Wow! This reporter is brilliant, isn't he? He should be a rocket scientist with such an amazing knowledge of math.

[Liz]

Gov Schwarzenegger warned that if taxing initiatives were voted down,
(1) govt services would be slashed, (2) criminals released, and,
(3) public employees furloughed.

" Tee hee. We're not worried, Nancy will save us."