[Pubbie]

"But one thing is certain: When undocumented immigrants finally get their driver's licenses in the next few months, they'll have the Republicans and the recall leaders to thank."

And when the state finally goes belly up in The Middle of August I will be Laughing-My-Ass-Off when the illegal Mexicans are severed from the State Gooooooooooobermint's teat!

Hope you Mexicans have saved some money away to make sure you can take care of all those tons of Anchor Babies you had, cause state assistance should be allllll dried up by Fall... Hahahahahahaha!!!

: D

[SheLion]

HEY GUV DAVIS! FIND A NEW JOB YET?

[Sabertooth]

Go Meltdown. Recall Davis. Piss off RINOs. Bring it on.

[Lijahsbubbe]

So the rest of the country will have to support a huge state full of Mexicans?

Fox must be very happy with this arrangement.

[John Jorsett]

[Admin Moderator]

bttt

[Bill Davis FR]

BUMP...i still say give california to mexico...

[coloradan]

At some point you have to admit there's a problem, when the government can only support itself during the peak of a stock market bubble of historic proportions, originating within the borders of your own state. Otherwise, it's another "tough" year, hard to balance the budget and make (governmental) ends meet.

[Grampa Dave]

[Arkinsaw]

California will come crying for a bailout at some point. I say that we only allow readmittance to the union if they agree to pass certain Constitutional amendments ending socialism and protecting the borders.

[OldFriend]

Thousands upon thousands of democrats have signed the petition.

[Mo1]

With a deadline of midnight Monday looming for the passage of a new budget, the Democratic governor and the Republican minority in the Legislature are deadlocked over Davis' demand for further tax increases.

No mention of the Democrats in the Legislature ?

[Brian S]

Y'all are going to crap when they open the prisons and hand the inmates a 1-way ticket out of the state because they can't feed them anymore. ;)

[Dave S]

Maybe someone ought to start a rumor that when these undocumented workers receive their drivers licenses, which include their home addresses, the data will be given to the INS.

[dougherty]

These damn illegals are one of the main reasons the state is going broke. No mention of that in this or any other article. Still, they are looking for what they can get out of this when their sorry butts shouldn't even be there to begin with. My blood is boiling over this, and I don't even live in California. If the will of the voters had gone through via prop 187, these parasites would not have been allowed to bleed the state dry. Their sense of entitlement is unbelievable. Damn them all.

[Savage Beast]

But I know Democrat policies will work if we just stick with 'em. I mean...they've just gotta. I mean...where's your compassion?

Socialism for example. I just know it'll work.

And what about all those productive immigrants from other countries who just want a better life for themselves and contribut so much to society; just because they're illegal immigrants doesn't mean they're like criminals or something.

I know. Let's try it on a national basis! Let's elect Gray Davis President--of the United States. I mean...there's no way the United States of America is gonna go under...you know what I mean? It's worth a try.

[Wolfstar]

"...the governor recently raised $4 billion by tripling the car tax."

The car tax hike only begins to kick in this September, so that $4 bil hasn't been raised yet.

"When undocumented immigrants finally get their driver's licenses in the next few months, they'll have the Republicans and the recall leaders to thank."

Although my support for the recall is, at best, lukewarm, this just gave me a second reason to vote for it (Jefferson's admonition that a little revolution every now and again is beneficial). Seems to me the only way to block what Cedillo wants is to get a Republican in the governorship post haste.

[ought-six]

"...runaway spending...."

That's the Dims for you.

[judgeandjury]

"This is a movement put together by extremists in the state who want to set back government," Cedillo says. "It's disruptive and it's a bad precedent."

That's right, Cedillo. Removing a corrupt, ineffective, and unpopular Governor is disruptive. Just as going to the hospital for life-saving surgery is disruptive in our lives. But sometimes it's necessary to do disruptive things for the long-term benefits that it produces.

[judgeandjury]

Although risky, their strategy is to label the recall effort a Republican right-wing conspiracy, resurrecting the ghost of infamous former Gov. Pete Wilson and his anti-immigrant Proposition 187.

Actually, Proposition 187 was anti-illegal immigration. It had nothing to do with legal immigration.

[Weimdog]

"California is one of the few states to require two-thirds approval of a budget, and although Democrats hold big majorities in both houses, they cannot pass a budget without GOP votes."

LIE

The budget only needs the supermajority of 2/3rds if taxes are to be raised. Only a simple majority is needed to pass a budget and the Democrats have all the votes they need.

So why no budget Democrats?