Schwarzenegger to ignore the will of the people, again

[crin63]

The tax and spend liberals are attacking each other now. This might be fun to watch.

California Cities Irked by Borrowing Plan
By STU WOO and BOBBY WHITE

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his efforts to find funds to balance the state budget, has proposed borrowing $2 billion from municipal governments over the next fiscal year, a tactic that is rankling local officials up and down the state.

Mr. Schwarzenegger is invoking a 2004 law that lets the state demand loans of 8% of property-tax revenue from cities, counties and special districts. Under the law, the state must repay the municipalities with interest within three years.

Administrators of already cash-strapped cities and counties said the loans would force even deeper cuts in services. Fewer cops and fire engines would be on the streets, they said, and parks and libraries would be closed more often. And some local governments would be forced to lay off workers to keep their budgets out of the red, they said.

Mr. Schwarzenegger's proposal "suggests that financing state government and state-government services are more important than these basic community services," said Chris McKenzie, executive director of the League of California Cities. "I think it's something most of the public would disagree with."
[Closing the Gap]

The governor said California's worsening fiscal woes forced his hand. California faces a $21 billion shortfall after voters on Tuesday rejected a series of measures to help keep the state solvent. Lawmakers dictate $92 billion of the state's $131 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. "I absolutely despise taking money from local government, but as I said, this is only under the worst-case scenario," Mr. Schwarzenegger said last week.


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[April15]

I find the whole Arnold thing quite Amuzeing. I did not reject Gray Davis like the Darrell Issa group of republicans from So Cal did. I knew why the state was getting screwed. FERC would not do the job they were established to do and Bush would not intervein because Calif so blatantly rejected HIM!
So The SOBs are getting what they voted for. If I didn't live here it would be extremly funny.

[crin63]

I wanted Grey Davis to stay governor so he could finish driving California into the ground. So that maybe California would be ready for a conservative governor but we ended up with arnold.

I voted for Tom McClintock when he ran against Arnold. I have never voted for Arnold. Last thing I wanted was a faux Kennedy as Governor.