Gov. Schwarzenegger now says he’ll veto the budget that finally got passed 78 days late. And if they override the veto he says he’ll pitch a hissy fit and veto hundreds of other bills simply out of spite. Golly, what an adult, mature reaction that is.

Meanwhile healthcare clinics, schools, and day care clinics are forced to slash services because they can’t receive money if there’s no budget.

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The politically powerful California Correctional Peace Officers Association has worked without a contract since 2006 and just had their pay cut to minimum wage because of the budget crisis, wants to recall Gov. Schwarzenegger.

Before you get all misty-eyed about union solidarity, be aware that the CCPOA tends to be quite right wing, solely concerned with themselves, and a huge contributor of money to politicians. Arnold came into power in a recall in 2003. And it was also over a budget crisis.

What goes around, comes around.

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The Democrats say no more cuts or changes and the Republicans refuse to ok any tax increase whatsoever. The real problem is that California budgets have to pass by 2/3’s. The Democrats are two votes short while Republicans stonewall and refuse to put forward any plan at all.

This is going to get even uglier than it already is.

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I do not believe this vote has been scheduled unless there are indications that there are at least two Republican Senators ready to vote for the budget so that it will secure the necessary two-thirds vote, or unless the governor believes he can deliver these votes.

Let’s hope it passes. The stalemate has gone on long enough. The budget looks to be 50% tax increases and recovery and 50% budget cuts.

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Schwarzenegger directed that the pay of nearly 140,000 rank-and-file employees be cut to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. About 30,000 management employees would be paid $455 a week, and another 8,000 workers, mostly doctors and attorneys, would get nothing. All those workers would get the remainder of their normal paychecks after the budget is approved.

The controller has refused to implement the Terminator’s evil plan, hence the lawsuit. Withholding pay does nothing to solve the gaping California deficit so all it does is hold state employee’s pay hostage to Schwarzenegger’s cynical, heartless plan.

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