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  • CA: Group promises to sue if state moves ahead with pension bond sale

    10/14/2004 6:04:25 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 212+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 10/14/04 | Jim Wasserman - AP
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - Conservative activists vowed Thursday to sue the state if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proceeds next week with his $920 million, 20-year borrowing plan to pay off part of one year's pension obligations. Attorneys for the Pacific Legal Foundation said Schwarzenegger's widely expected move would violate a state constitutional ban on governments borrowing more than $300,000 without a popular vote. The foundation represents a Fullerton taxpayers group aiming to derail the idea. Last year, courts cited the constitutional ban in striking down a similar borrowing plan by then-Gov. Gray Davis. "This is a clone of last year's borrowing ploy,"...