Free Republic

SACRAMENTO -- A game of political chicken under way in the Capitol has left California's cities and counties facing a fiscal disaster of historic proportions. When the Legislature finished approving a state budget recovery plan sought by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week, it left one extremely important piece of business unfinished. That is the replacement of $4 billion a year in local government revenues that were eliminated when Schwarzenegger rolled back the vehicle license fee last month. Incredibly, when lawmakers approved measures for the March ballot calling for a $15 billion bond issue to pay off the state budget deficit...