[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

"...raise the vehicle license fee for at least a year to ease a staggering budget deficit..."

oh yeah, like when was the last time taxes were raised "for a year"?? there's no such thing as a tax with an expiration date. And anyone who falls for that ploy is too stupid to vote.

I've been living here in CA for the last 30 yrs, and i've become increasingly disillusioned and discouraged with the deterioration in the quality of life here and the increasing tax burdens.

I've considered moving out of state (and have read the posts from other CA emigrants), but where? I like living near the ocean, and I like the abundant produce here. Oregon is worse than CA; WA is crazy nuts and too depressing weather. Where else to go? I've thought about Hawaii, but egads, they're a bastion of Democrat liberals...dunno...i just don't like what this formerly lovely state has become.

[Vinnie]

I like living near the ocean, and I like the abundant produce here.

There is another ocean, it's called the Atlantic. Lots of land and veggies near it.

Head toward the sunrise and keep going until your feet get wet.

[blackie]

"Oregon is worse than CA"

Wrong ... I lived in CA twice as long as you have and moved to Oregon in '90 ... we love it here and would never think of returning to California.