Posted on 07/01/2002 6:51:05 PM PDT by ZGuy
John Campbell (R) just announced on the Hugh Hewitt show that the democrats in Sacramento have pulled a fast one. Bill 1058 which has been written about on several posts originally failed. The democrats took a bill on Friday night which dealt with an unrelated subject and gutted out the language. They then inserted the exact language of 1058 and the senate passed it Friday. This (Monday) afternoon the house got the bill. The democrats had to hold a hearing and every office in the capital was available but they chose to hold the "hearings" in the smallest office in the building - the only one which had no TV cameras, no radio, no cameras, and no space for reporters or the public to attend. They then passed a vote making this bill exempt from the 3-day waiting period required by law for public input. The democrats just passed the bill in the last 45 minutes and it now goes to the governor's desk. No republicans voted for the bill in either chamber. One highlight - (Dennis?) Cardoza - the democrat running for Condit's seat voted for the bill in the central valley. He's toast.
Quit yer complainin'. Or you're gonna have to play forward!
Or whetever that position is wher you have to run all over half the field like a hyperactive Jack Russell Terrier.
But I am leaving shortly too!
Been going hard all day and didn't get enough sleep last night!
I am watching my manners!
Hmmmmm!
That was my point. There are some heavy duty organizations opposing this bill, and many of them will suffer hugely if the bill is signed and implemented. They can either shell out the $5 to $15 million that it will take to qualify a referendum and fund a campaign to defeat the bill at the next statewide election (probably in March, 2004), or they can lose hundreds of millions (or billions) of dollars when the bill goes into effect. We'll soon find out how short-sighted or far-sighted they are.
Of course their other option is to contribute a couple of million dollars to Gray Davis' campaign so he'll veto it.
The problem with that method is that they can not prove how many of those miles were driven on Kalifornia roads. My trips from San Diego, CA to Pocatello, ID were 910 miles one way. Only the first 300 miles is on Kali roads. I would immediately produce my ATM gas slips with mileage recorded on them and object to be taxed for driving in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Idaho. Since I make that trip in a 15 hour continuous time frame, it would be pretty easy to come up with the supporting documentation. I suspect the case would have standing in a federal court.
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