CA: Davis criticizes GOP for blocking progress on budget

Sac Bee ^ | 7/16/03 | Tom Chorneau - AP

[NormsRevenge]

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Accusing Republicans of blocking a budget solution, Gov. Gray Davis said Wednesday that lawmakers should drop all other business and put off plans for summer recess until a spending plan is adopted.

Davis, who has stepped up his criticism of the GOP in the last week, made his strongest comments to date even as he prepared to meet with party leaders on the budget crisis behind closed doors later today.

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[NormsRevenge]

"narrow partisan agendas" ... LOL .. Come on, Gub!

[Credo]

Doofus is a dead man talking.

[goldstategop]

The Governor doesn't exercise leadership. He blames us. And Gray Davis can't even get his own party to pass a responsible budget. Onwards to the recall election!!!

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[Parley Baer]

Grey Davis's budgets have been nothing but smoke and mirrors and he has the gall to criticize the Republicans for their budget.

[LibertyThug]

Recently, I wrote a proud letter to the Republican Caucus supporting their efforts to block any tax increase in CA. I got a really nice reply from Brulte restating that our budget deficit is the result of politicians spending too much, not a result of the citizens paying too little in taxes.
Brulte knows that our supposed 'narrow partisan agendas' include not wanting to be bled totally dry of our hard earned money!

For their own good, I hope the Republican politicians in CA stick to THIS party line!

[NormsRevenge]

So Far.. So Good! They stand united.

Dave Cox was none too generous in his assessment of where we stand. The Republicans can handle the heat, pour it on the rest of the legislators on the other side of the aisle, the demRats. It's either make spending cuts this year or next.. and next year is an election year. :-o

California Socialism.. Living on BoRRowed Time ;-)

[ysoitanly]

"DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE STATE?" Where was THIS statement when he was spending, hiring, spending, spending, and lying? Too bad, Grayout. You are going to pay the ultimate price. You are about to be FIRED. Too bad the state is too bankrupt to pay for your pending unemployment.

[John123]

"Their unyielding posture against any taxes, at any time, will have dire consequences for this state."

Correction: soon-to-be ex-Gov. Davis, but your unyielding posture for taxes will have dire consequences for this state.

[ysoitanly]

It's unyielding now, because this problem could have been avoided or at least curtailed, long ago if he had told the truth. Only after he was barely re-seated after a nasty, vicious smear campaign against any and all opponents, did he reveal the truth of the depth of the budget crisis. My point is - if there is a looming problem and it can be resolved, then put it on the table and deal with it. Now this act of desperation because of his dishonesty, sell-outs to speciala interests, hideous energy negotiations, downright margin 'betting' on revenues that weren't there except on paper, and complete mismanagement is supposed to be paid for in spades, by us, now that it's spiraled out of control. I'm reasonable if I'm presented with an honest problem. This is not the case.

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[StevieB]

For their own good, I hope the Republican politicians in CA stick to THIS party line!

There is a good chance the Republicans will stick together. A recent poll -- Field poll I believe -- indicated that while Californian's don't want to see major cuts in their favorite programs, they are even more reluctant to accept tax increases. Raising taxes is not going to be popular.

Davis, however, is going to play the victim card very hard. He is starting to talk about all the social welfare programs that are going to suffer if the taxpayers don't fork over more dollars. Republican's will have to be able to handle the negative image being created -- and recognize that the majority of the taxpayers in the state are not ready to pay more.

[Lancey Howard]

Accusing Republicans of blocking a budget solution

I could have sworn I saw a thread just a day or two ago about the Senate GOP offering up a budget solution for a vote, but it was defeated by the scumbags?

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

"I want them to reconsider their position," he said. "Their unyielding posture against any taxes, at any time, will have dire consequences for this state."

Gray "Lowbeam" Davis and the CA Democrates don't realize it, but this particular stance is doing more to rebuild the tarnished image the California Republican Party than any recall ever would. Disaffected Republicans, Independents, even Losertarians across the state are seeing in this one face-off that their truely is a difference between the 2 parties--and the GOP is the Party of not raising taxes.

Keep talking Davis. Keep making this an issue, that Field poll the other day showed a 15% decline in people thinking that raising taxes at all would solve the budget crisis.Keep criticizing Lowbeam!