Posted on 05/25/2012 8:55:19 AM PDT by CWCoop
Proposition 29, a nearly $1 billion tax hike slated for the June ballot, has already stumbled into an ethical gray area. Before voters even cast their first ballot, the San Francisco Chronicle exposed Don Perata, the career politician who wrote the measure, for paying out a long time political crony who he was also simultaneously lobbying [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/28/BA3N1NR09G.DTL]. Yet, read the nearly 4,500 words that comprise Proposition 29, and one will find that the conflicts-of-interest seen on the campaign trail would pale to the insider dealing permitted by this flawed measure.
Proposition 29’s sole safeguard against sweetheart deals is the nine member commission in charge of doling out the funds. But, as a recent study highlights, “most of the Commission members will have an affiliation with institutions that could be interested…” in getting those funds [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/28/BA3N1NR09G.DTL]It’s a repeat of what California voters saw after passing the 2004 stem-cell initiative, where over 90% of the money disbursed went to those with direct connections to the oversight commission.
California has been ruined by insider dealing and special interest kickbacks all funded by the taxpayer. Voter need to send a loud and clear message this June that enough is enough. http://readforyourself.org/
It’s not the worst state. It’s not even the worst managed state.
It’s the farthest fallen state.
its the first Detroitified state...
California teachers union are billions in the hole for retirement funds and othet public service unions are in the same shape.
The democrats think the tax bill will help because it will last for (15) years.
Who say’s democrats only tax and spend. /s
California teachers union are billions in the hole for retirement funds and other public service unions are in the same shape.
The democrats think the tax bill will help because it will last for (15) years.
Who say’s democrats only tax and spend. /s
That is a very sharp refinement to what we generally say about it.
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