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CA: Would you lend a few billion bucks to these people?
Sac Bee ^ | 2/6/03 | Daniel Weintraub

Posted on 02/06/2003 9:28:42 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:47:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

As a troika of California financial officers heads east today to convince Wall Street that the state remains credit-worthy, the situation at home is anything but persuasive. Recent events have begun to erode a thin layer of credibility that Gov. Gray Davis had erected around a fiscal crisis that ultimately could threaten the state's solvency.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: billion; bucks; lend; people
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1 posted on 02/06/2003 9:28:42 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
I'm still registered in CA. Can I mail in my signature?
2 posted on 02/06/2003 9:39:17 AM PST by happygrl
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To: NormsRevenge
Maybe they can get the money out of the retirement fund for state employees.
3 posted on 02/06/2003 9:43:24 AM PST by henderson field
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To: NormsRevenge
Steve Peace, the governor's new finance director, says not to worry. These are just the usual bumps in the road...

Oh yeah, now I get it! Just a few bumps in the road, kind of like the power regulation scheme he crafted that worked out so well for California!

I guess the impending reduction of the state's credit rating will be just another bump. Have fun on Wall Street guys, I don't think the same old dog and pony show will sell quite as well there.

4 posted on 02/06/2003 9:54:17 AM PST by concentric circles
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