California: Bay Area leaders rally to prevent budget raids

The San Jose Mercury News ^ | Mon, May. 13, 2002 | Ann E. Marimow

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

When Gov. Gray Davis releases his revised budget plan this week, a bus load of Bay Area leaders plan to be there with a message: Don't solve the state's problems by seizing local dollars.

Government officials say basic services like health care, libraries and street maintenance are at risk if the state relies on local money to fix an estimated $20 billion budget shortfall -- California's worst deficit in a decade.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Davis the Raider!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[spectre]

All the usual suspects running to the capital to justify their pet scams.

[NormsRevenge]

It's Called Living Beyond Your Means ... This State Has Been On a Roll for Years...Those who have been fiscally irresponsible have no one to blame but themselves and their leaders who blindly spent like there is no tomorrow.

DUMP DAVIS

[John Jorsett]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!!

I am guessing that might have come from a James Bond episode.
Do you know! Of course I suspect some tweaking has occurred!

[John Jorsett]

It's Davis as Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies. One of his catch phrases is "one MILLION dollars!"

[d14truth]

GOVERNMENT!!!

The least productive sector of the California economy--all deposit, no return.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I don't think I have ever watched an Austin Powers movie.
I may reconsider, looks interesting!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another good one!

[d14truth]

OUT TO LUNCH

Physical, mental, and spiritual condition of California liberals.

[Liz]

(Californis liberals) OUT TO LUNCH (Physically, mentally, and spiritually)

It's all that sushi, Cristal and organic food libs consume. Reduces
brain functionality. They all need honest-to-goodness junk food.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Additional cuts could mean chipping away at programs and services that residents depend on, such as child care, libraries and parks.

This is a paper in San Jose, for crying out loud! Why would people living in the most expensive real estate in the US depend on the state government for child care??? Might this be a place to (gasp) cut the budget?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

At risk in San Mateo County are mental health and after-school homework programs.

More waste!!!!