Posted on 06/22/2010 10:38:40 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
Role Reversal: GOP Council Members Vote for Deficit Spending
To vote or not to vote for deficit spending over a balanced budget, that was the question facing the Desert Hot Springs city council and in a reversal of traditional roles, it was the council’s two Republican members that opted to put the city in the red rather than taking more time to come up with a balanced budget, which is the option that the council’s three Democrats voted to support. A $13.9 million budget was presented at the council’s recent meeting, but since it contained a $500,000 shortfall, Democrats rejected the budget to weigh other options for resolving the shortfall, but Mayor Yvonne Parks (R) and Mayor Pro Tem Scott Matas (R) stated that more discussion was not bound to get the council anywhere over the next two weeks and so they voted to approve the budget.
If the council had approved the proposed budget, the city would have been put in the red for $1 million over two years.
Towards the end of the article, it states that the city must give $800k to the state. It seems that this is where the shortfall is.
No, if you read carefully you will see the funds that went to the state are from the city's redevelopment agency. It is the general fund that had the proposed deficit. The two are not related. The reported did not understand the difference.
Ah, thanks. It looked like a shakedown from the failed state government.
RINOS must learn to face the Conservative music, or loose both to the Dims and to their own base - they can’t simply refuse to raise taxes, and refuse to reduce populist wasteful spending. If they are going to govern like wasteful spending Dims, they’ll be beat by them.
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