Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Mar 16, 2010 2 Comments
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may be in his last year of
office, but he seems more than willing to keep scrapping it out
with the Legislature.
Yesterday the Governor issued a verbal slap-down to liberal
Democrat legislative leaders Steinberg and Perez, calling them out
for their recent parliamentary games and demanding that they send
him clean bills that will cut spending and create jobs. And he made
clear that he stands by his promise to oppose any tax increases in
2010 .
The supposedly historic cuts to spending Perez and company have
been boasting about? Just a drop out of the bucket, explained
the Governor. Indeed, the bills the Legislature spent the
last nine weeks of special sessions coming up with address just
$200 million out of a projected $20 billion budget deficit—one
percent. “California is still spending approximately $600
million more per month than we have in revenue,” the Governor
wrote. “The two-month delay in dealing with the budget
shortfall will require up to $2.2 billion in deeper spending
cuts.”
Schwarzenegger and GOP legislative leaders blew the whistle on a
sneaky gasoline tax maneuver Sacramento Democrats tried… Read More
