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Democrats' tax-hike plan defeated
Sac Bee ^ | 6/26/02 | John Hill

Posted on 06/26/2002 8:45:02 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:39:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The Senate fell one vote shy Tuesday of approving a package of tax increases to close California's budget gap.

Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, D-San Francisco, said the Senate would meet every day to try to approve the budget by the start of the fiscal year Monday.


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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: budget; california; democrats; hike; legislators; taxes
"This is not really going to send anybody to the poorhouse," Burton said

What a fat-headed jerk!
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

1 posted on 06/26/2002 8:45:03 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
WHAT! Davis could not pay off one Pubbie! I guess they have their coffers full for now & those offshores are being watched too closely.
2 posted on 06/26/2002 8:50:08 AM PDT by Digger
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To: Digger
Better just wait 24 hrs. Someone will break.
3 posted on 06/26/2002 8:50:57 AM PDT by Digger
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To: NormsRevenge

Senate GOP leader Jim Brulte, left, and Senate President Pro Tem John Burton talk during the debate on a tax package including a boost in income taxes for the state's wealthiest residents. The measure lost by one vote.



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4 posted on 06/26/2002 8:53:10 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
They'll try to bribe one. If that guy from Redding votes for the tax and takes a state job, we should volunteer as plaintiffs in a racketeering lawsuit against him under the state's Private Attorney General law.
5 posted on 06/26/2002 9:56:48 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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This whole Cali state govt and bureaucracy could .. uhh.. should be put up on RICO charges ... It IS a me$$!!
6 posted on 06/26/2002 10:02:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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