Tag California budget crisis

My latest for CAIVN I’m beginning to suspect there’s something in the water at our state capital that is causing what I call Sacramento Budget Derangement Syndrome (SBDS). This tragic disorder is characterized by a lethal mixture of pigheaded obstinacy…

Bloviate: To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Seemingly, we could have floated several thousand hot air balloons on the emanations issuing forth from the legislative gasbags in Sacramento last week, during their pretend sessions aimed at…

The California state legislature sauntered back from their month long July vacation on August 1 and promptly got back to what they were doing before, which is virtually nothing of substance about passing a budget. Now September is nearly here…

Legislative Democrats have proposed another one of their goofy tax swaps in an effort to lessen the gaping $19 billion budget deficit. Oh, pardon me, did I say “goofy.” Well, what else would you call a proposal that increases state…

California state workers must now take three unpaid days off a month until the budget is passed, orders Schwarzenegger. Figuring an average of 21 working days a month, that’s a 13.6% pay cut. Meanwhile, the California legislature is still on…