Here's a not-so-ringing endorsement from Bill Leonard, a Republican member of the Board of Equalization, for two measures on the May 19 ballot: Proposition 1D is "not completely worthless" and Proposition 1E is "also not completely worthless." ... Leonard has been a critic of the budget deal, particularly the tax increases. Both propositions that Leonard endorsed -- if only half-heartedly -- would raid existing funding streams for programs approved by voters to shore-up the deficit-plagued general fund. "Our state has hundreds of separate boxes of money that have been declared "off limits" to the legislature and unavailable to reduce the...
