Schwarzenegger Begs, Polanski Files, Environmentalists Sue, Junior Race-Baits, and Bar Dancers Get No Love
December 3, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Antonio Villaraigosa, Budget Crisis, Gov. Schwarzenegger
Don’t get your hopes up that Gov. Schwarzenegger’s hitting up President-Elect Obama for a gazillion dollar bailout investment in California public works projects will get us out of the budget mess. We need the feds to invest in infrastructure projects because everything is crappy and falling apart and sure, in the next couple of years [...]
Budget Crisis: Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency
December 1, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Budget Crisis, California Legislature, Gov. Schwarzenegger
Gov. Schwarzenegger took 2004′s Proposition 58 out for test drive by declaring a fiscal emergency and ordering the whole mess ‘o’ lawmakers into a session to figure out how to come up with $11.2 billion by February — because as of now, the state is gonna run out of cash in February. Yes,we’ve heard this [...]
California Budget Crisis Update, No On 8 Leaders Face Public, Bar Exam Score Freakout
November 25, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Budget Crisis, Gov. Schwarzenegger
Is this the day of reckoning for the California budget crisis or just another fire drill? [Calitics] No-On-8 campaign leadership faces an angry public tonight in LA. They have some explaining to do. [Queer Town] The race for the 19th District State Senate seat is exactly why we need Prop. 11. [LA Times] As expected, [...]
The Sun Rises in The West: November 20, 2008
November 20, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Ballot Propositions, Budget Crisis, morning headlines
If anyone lost 10,000 pounds of weed off Newport Beach, give the coast guard a call [OC Register] And speaking of weed, here’s a list of the most underrated Muppets — we completely agree with #1 [Topless Robot] After reading this report, we’re thinking that the state should just dry all the weed out, sell [...]
BUDGET CRISIS: Arnold the Taxinator! – Alcohol Tax! Golf Tax! Drill-Baby-Drill Tax! Foreclosure Relief!
November 6, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Budget Crisis, Money, Uncategorized
Dear California,
Because you insist on spending 10% of the state budget on prisons, you now have to pay more taxes.
Sincerely,
Reality
California Budget Crisis – Governor to Propose SALES TAX INCREASE, Spending Cuts, Worker Furloghs
November 6, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Budget Crisis
Gov. Schwarzenegger to propose 1 cent sales tax increase, massive spending cuts and keeping workers home 1 day a month.
Proposition 3 – Maintaining Children’s Hospitals
October 22, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Ballot Propositions, Budget Crisis, Election 2008 - President, Not California Stuff
Prop. 3 authorizes $1 billion in bonds to build new children’s hospitals and upgrade existing facilities. The cost to the state is $64 million/year for 30 years. Californians will pay an average of $1.75/year for this program. Yeah, four years ago we approved $750 million for children’s hospitals and there’s $350 million of that money [...]
Proposition 11 is Boring-But-Important – A Simplified Explanation and Recommendation.
October 20, 2008 by Johnny California
Filed under Ballot Propositions, Budget Crisis
OK. Proposition 11 is totally boring but it is important. Let’s say you and I each own competing businesses that make blenders. Let’s say that we are the two biggest blender manufacturers in California and we want it to stay that way. We look at a map of California and start carving out territory. You [...]
