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California: Welfare checks not at risk, controller's office says
Orange County Register ^
| June 29, 2002
Posted on 06/29/2002 9:19:04 AM PDT by John Jorsett
Edited on 04/14/2004 10:05:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The state will not hold back money for Orange County's 50,000 welfare recipients, the state's chief check writer said Friday - one day after Davis administration officials said they could not legally write the checks without a state budget.
"I'm glad it's all been resolved - at least for this month," said Larry Leaman, Orange County's social services director. The county was prepared to keep $5.7 million in programs afloat out of its own pocket.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calgov2002
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
FYI
To: John Jorsett
I am truely shocked that the Davis administration would use deceit to try to get its way. < /sarcasm>
To: John Jorsett
128 days til we can DUMP DAVIS!... BILL SIMON FOR GOVERNOR www.simonforgovernor.com
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posted on
06/29/2002 9:31:23 AM PDT
by
kellynla
To: John Jorsett
Sniveling Democrats using poor people as mau-mau pawns and human shields to get their wasteful, fraudulent, nepotistic, and often ideologue-driven programs funded.
To: John Jorsett
"Our people froze," said Rick Chivaro, the controller's chief attorney, who said the Davis administration did not contact his office.
"Don't you think they'd write a letter to the controller? It makes no sense to me."
Me neither..
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists
GO SIMON
To: John Jorsett; *calgov2002; Carry_Okie; SierraWasp; Gophack; eureka!; ElkGroveDan; ...
Critics said the last-minute warning to counties that they would not get $245 million for welfare recipients was a political ploy to get the Legislature - particularly Republicans - to move more quickly toward passing a state budget. So typically a Davis management move, its seems to be the best that he can do!
calgov2002:
To: John Jorsett
Whatever happened to the welfare reform bill that Clinton signed? Wasn't it supposed to limit them to 2 years of "benefits" and shouldn't some of them be coming off welfare by now?
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posted on
06/29/2002 10:16:24 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: John Jorsett
They know who their allies are.
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posted on
06/29/2002 10:17:48 AM PDT
by
dr_who
To: FITZ
It was 5 years cumulative for your lifetime (i.e. go on it for a year, go off for 2 years, go back on for another year, etc. until you hit 5 total. Then you're done.) And it allowed a state to exempt around 20%(I think) of its recipients, so they could be on it permanently. Many people are at the end of their alloted 5 years and I've been seeing some of the handwringing articles appear.
To: John Jorsett
I'll bet not many are going off welfare. Something will be done to allow them to collect forever.
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posted on
06/29/2002 10:25:32 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: John Jorsett
If they don't get their paychecks, they will be really pissed when the get up monday afternoon!
To: John Jorsett
The roads can collapse. Dams can fail. Police stations left unmanned. But we have our priorities straight:
nothing must impede the smooth flow of welfare checks!.
--Boris
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:35:26 PM PDT
by
boris
To: John Jorsett
I don't see how Davis can keep this ball in the air until the election.
Raise taxes or cut spending and gore your own ox.
We can only hope that enuff of the GOP assembly demands one or the other.......preferably both:)
Why don't we hear more out of Simon on these budget woes? Could it be he's covering for the RINOs seeking re-election?
Since we control NO body of govt in Calif I say he/we have nothing to lose.....load both barrels with heavy hunting loads.
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:39:16 PM PDT
by
Mariner
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