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Public schools seem to be exempt from the above, which seems to contradict the title of the article. From the same source:

Appropriations from the General Fund of the State, except appropriations for the public schools, are void unless passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership concurring.

Public schools seem to be exempt from the above

An interesting exception, and if this court ruling holds up I'm sure there will be a strong effort to obtain an emergency appropriation for public schools. But in a way that makes things worse for the Democrats. If the schools and the teachers unions get their appropriations, everyone else is going to feel discriminated against. They'll scream even louder, demanding that a budget be passed ASAP.

That puts even greater pressure on the Democrats to make a deal with the Republicans, but without being able to blame Republican intransigence for "hurting the children" (although they're out of school for summer vacation anyway). If the Republicans hold firm, they can force the Democrats to cut spending and avoid tax hikes. Which in turn will make all the liberal special interest groups hysterically p!issed off at Dems in the Legislature and especially the Governor. Legislators can take the heat, since they've gerrymandered themselves into bulletproof districts, but Davis might melt.

In 1994, we passed Prop. 187, which denied public "benefits" to illegal aliens, including education. The Demroncrat governor, Gray-out Davis, swept it under the rug after he was elected. I say screw the state employees.

I live in a state whose politicians encourage and protects illegal immigration as a constituency.

It takes a 2/3 legislative vote to pass a state budget. I hope the Republicans create a HUGE logjam.

Great campaign issue for Bill Simon!

Somebody ping Bill Simon....