Posted on 06/21/2010 6:10:26 PM PDT by SmithL
Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled their plan to give counties greater control of state programs, potentially shedding $3 billion to $4 billion in ongoing costs to the state budget.
Many of the programs are already delivered by counties but paid for through state coffers. Senate Democrats see their changes as a more appropriate "realignment" of services and costs over the next four years.
Their plan would not cut taxpayer costs but rather give counties new forms of revenues to pay for the added responsibilities. The state would approve a tax on oil production, permanently extend the state's higher vehicle-license fee rate and delay corporate tax breaks. It would also give counties greater authority to seek local tax hikes from voters.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.sacbee.com ...
Birds gotts fly, andRats gotta Tax!
Peter, meet Paul.
They ain’t going to give up any control they think they have.
Of course, the states have a right to tell them to go stuff themselves; that is unless someone is being paid so to speak under the table.
As we read this we too were wondering the same thing. The State has already been there, so what are the counties going to find when they go there? Nada.
The biggest employers in Humboldt County is the welfare offices , hospitals and schools. The BoS just cut all departments another 15% and the same for the city of Eureka...
Sorry, I guess it wasn’t clear. This is the California State Senate, who after sucking every last dime from the cities and counties, are going to dump all of these social programs back onto the locals.
I hear you.
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.