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"Owie! I got a booboo on my finger!" budget wise, cries the Bee.

Fresno County gets 5.8 million dollars of its 1.44 BILLION dollar county budget from Williamson Act reimbursements... and the Fresno Bee is bawling about it.

$5.8 million is just FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT of their budget! That is insignificant to the overall picture of disaster we are seeing at the State level.

Perhaps the counties should be considering why they assess such large taxes on farmland that the Williamson Act is necessary to prevent them being sold for more profitable purposes??? Or perhaps they should reconsider the whole idea of property taxes which is based on the idea that simply because it exists it should be taxed.

I just saw a TV ad from a firefighter's union!!! I am sooooo pissed!!!! They are accusing "some of the legislators" at the Capitol of causing out-of-control FIRES which could destroy the State. This is so DISGUSTING!!!! Since ONLY REPUBLICANS are refusing to sign the budget, they're accusing the GOP of burning up the state; they showed footage of a huge fire. I am soooo mad! At the end of the TV ad, they suggest people call Assemblyman Dave Cox (the GOP leader) to complain. For victory & freedom!!!

I am going to call Assemblyman Cox right now and DEMAND that he stand firm - NO TO THE BUDGET IN ITS CURRENT FORM! They are fixing to more than DOUBLE our car tax. Ack! For victory & freedom!!!