California Voters Don't Want Dire Cuts; They Want Leaders to Get It Right

Huffington Post by Phil Angelides | May. 22, 2009 (Opinion)

There will be ample debate about why voters from across the political spectrum rejected Sacramento's proposed budget fix, but there is no credible evidence that they wanted to see vital investments and programs hit with $21 billion worth of Draconian cuts. Recent polls show that voters oppose cuts in law enforcement, public schools, colleges, and health care for low-income families and the disabled by more than 2-to-1. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - May 22, 2009 - 9:45 AM PDT
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 by Chris Finnie - May. 22, 2009

Secure from his perch at the Apollo Alliance, Angelides can afford to tell the truth. However, as a former state treasurer, he has some claim to special knowledge. And more than a few people who read this should wish he'd won his race for governor.

While this is strictly about California, this state has a habit of leading the way for good or ill. So what you see here today could just as easily ... More »

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 by Fred Gatlin - May. 23, 2009

I am not sure the author and his suggestions are any less biased than the Governor's. If California problems are any like those from other states, a more broad solution needs top be consider.

If other taxes are like property tax in California a very broad change is needed.

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 by Naomi Isler - May. 23, 2009

This article is an overview of what might help reframe the debate over California's financial woes. And what it comes down to is treating voters like grownups and having rational discussions and plans rather than propaganda.

The problems are that (a) most media discussion of government is negative and focussed on sins of commission and omission rather than on the hard ... More »

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