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Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez said the propositions were the result of teamwork -- a rarity in often-deadlocked Sacramento.

"It's us working together to refinance the state debt ... so as to give us a little bit of breathing room to deal with the difficult budget crisis that we face," he said.

[NormsRevenge]

"Our state is on the brink of financial ruin from years of overspending, budget gimmickry and an unwillingness by our leaders to make the tough choices," said Lowe, a former star of the popular TV show "West Wing."

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"overspending, budget gimmickry and an unwillingness by our leaders to make the tough choices" ...

Things "change", things stay the same.

[Terridan]

TO ALL CALIFORNIANS....
VOTE NO ON ALL MEASURES, PROPOSITIONS OR WHATEVER THE HECK THEY WANT TO CALL THEM!!!
THIS IS YET ANOTHER PLOY TO ALLOW THE OVERSIZED KALIFORNIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE OVER SPENDING, AND PAY FOR ILLEGALS IN OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH YET MORE TAXATION OF ITS CITIZENS.
They even have a measure to fund our libraries here in Sonoma, through more taxes, when there is already a state law funding them!!! NO ACCOUNTABILITY ON HOW THE MONIES ARE BEING SPENT ALREADY!!!! FREE LUNCHES, MEDICAL CARE, DENTAL CARE FOR ILLEGALS, INCLUDING BUSING THAT CITIZENS MUST PAY $150.OO PER SEMESTER FOR... GO FIGURE! (ILLEGALS DRIVE UP IN NEW SUV'S AND PAY NOTHING FOR THEIR PASSES. SIX FAMILIES THAT I KNOW OF HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT HOMES HERE, THAT TEACHERS SAY THEY CANNOT AFFORD. WHY?)

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A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money!
-Senator Everett Dirksen on the occasion of Lyndon Johnson's first $100 billion FEDERAL budget