Craig Cheslog, local blogger and a representative of Assemblyman Tom Torlakson’s office, makes some interesting observations on the he-says-she-says status California budget negotiations.
In reponse (I believe) to Speaker Karen Bass’s explanation that “legislative leaders have compromised,” Cheslog writes, “The Democrats have been compromising with themselves on the state budget crisis. The Democrats have agreed to horrible spending cuts and other measures that go against their interest groups…The myth of bipartisan intransigence may be a more interesting story for state pundits to tell, but this fiction does nothing to move the state towards a solution to this problem.”
Here is the Bloomberg report on the plan Governor “blow the box up” Schwarzenegger proposed on December 31.
Here is the transcript of Speaker Bass’s reactions to the Governor’s proposed budget plan
Will the last sane adult leaving California please remember to turn out the lights?
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At least with Madoff you had a choice as to whether or not you would get screwed, but with Congress and the California legislature we have no choice.