Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Aug 13, 2008 1 Comment
The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Senate President Pro-Tem
Don Perata has announced that Senate Democrats have negotiated a
budget deal…with the Governor (not with Senate Republicans).
Before I go on, let me share that it is embarassing to me, as a
Republican, that the Governor of my party would attempt to
emasculate GOP legislators by not insisting that his party’s
legislators be included in any negotiations.
That said, I suppose my expectations of Governor “Post Partisan”
leave me disappointed, but not surprised.
The good news is that Republican legislative votes are still
needed to pass a budget.
So… Now I say, what is this “deal” that has been reached? I call
on the Governor and Senator Perata to unveil all of the details for
scrutiny. Is there a tax increase? What kind? Are there spending
cuts? What and where?
In short, I have little faith that without GOP legislative
input, the interests of taxpayers are reflected in this “deal” —
and look forward to hearing reaction from our Republican
legislators about the deal-points and specifics. Once someone… Read More