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  • CA: Dems fight borrowing plan - (Gov wants to use 2 Billion in transit funds to balance budget)

    02/04/2005 8:33:16 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 542+ views
    LA Daily News ^ | 2/4/05 | David M. Drucker
    Democratic lawmakers will oppose Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to borrow $2 billion in transportation funds to balance the state budget, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez said Thursday. Highway and transit projects would be delayed if the governor gets his way, and Nuñez, D-Los Angeles, called that an unacceptable burden on the middle class. "We've got to deal with the issue of folks spending more time on the roads and highways than at home with their families, and if we're going to be a first-class state we've got to make sure we keep up to speed with the improvement of our roads...