
And Now-For Something Completely Different
The recent "budget forum" of Governor-elect Brown (speaking of fodder for a Monty Python skit, didn’t they do one about him in the 1970’s?) reminded me of that famous line from the old Monty Python television show, when they could think of no easy way to transition from one skit to another, they just punted with the line "And now-for something completely different" and of course, it wasn’t.
So looking for a way to distinguish himself from Governor Schwarzenegger, Brown held a summit, like that hasn’t been done before, about budget issues, as if no one has ever had a discussion about that before, where he suggested that voters should choose between higher taxes or less services, like no one has ever used that line before. It was the same ol’, same ol’, packaged by the old packager who created most of these problems when he was Governor the first time around.
Did you know that 80% of California residents could afford a median priced home in 1974? That number down to 17% by 1982 (after the once and future Governor was done with his first two terms), and has stayed there ever since. Do you… Read More