Posted on 04/04/2011 7:48:38 AM PDT by SmithL
Hold the champagne: New contracts may be too costly
State workers looking for good news on contracts recently negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown's administration won't find it in an internal state memo issued by the Legislative Analyst's Office last week.
Because those contracts don't come close to saving the state enough money, the memo says, the deals heighten pressure on the state to cut costs through "hiring freezes, furlough programs, and layoffs."
The memo, sent last Wednesday to Senate Republicans, estimates that the contracts would cut costs by only about one-third of the $308 million that Brown projected in his proposed budget.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
This is where California is headed. I don't see Brown or the Republicans giving in so it will inevitably fall on the Governor to cut costs by eliminating state workers. It is his only option short of defaulting on the debt which I don't believe is in the cards.
There’s Jerry, out on the beach with a broom, trying to sweep away the ocean. “Yeah, but at least I’m trying.”
In a bold move to cut expenses, Governor Brown announced that he is closing the state’s insane asylums and releasing all the patients. “Hey! It’s California”, said Brown. “Who’ll know the difference? And they’ll vote Democrat.”
They already do.
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