Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 08:30 a.m.
Was it the plan all along or just plain incompetence?
Governor Jerry Brown’s screwing over of the California budget that is.
Did Brown feel he needed a forest fire to brainwash voters into passing his November tax increase?
We may never know. But it sure looks like he’s capitalizing on the state’s budget buffoonery, when it comes to budgeting.
For the past five months, all we have been hearing from Brown is how we need more taxes so he and state democrat lawmakers can keep spending at current outrageous levels.
But, Brown has never really addressed shrinking the size of the bloated state government in any meaningful way.
The number of state workers on active payroll really hasn’t fallen.
After all, that would upset his labor union support.
Now Brown wants to play the furlough game.
Yes, Brown wants to have state workers switch to four, nine and one-half hour, days per week.
And that temporary sales tax an income tax increase? Try seven years.
Can you say permanent?
At this point, with three measures on the ballot, it’s questionable whether voters will approve any tax hike.
Brown should worry.
If you were a union leader and major contributor to political campaigns, would you not ask your members what planet they live on? Meaning with the events after 2000, stock market crash and housing bubble that two major revenue streams are mortally wounded. The stock market will not perform adequately to cover pension costs and that the return of housing values to 2000 levels cuts property tax revenues back to same 2000 year levels, meaning cuts are structural in nature. No amount of so-called temporary taxes will permanently back-fill the gap.
Pete Wilson type temporary taxes would have been pragmatic in 2003 to avoid debt service ‘Wall of Debt’ but the Republicans stood on principles. So can we expect anything from the state house of inadequacy?
The truth is MOST REPUBLICANS and MOST DEMOCRATS who have been in executive positions have used “smoke and mirrors” in responsibile budgets. The city, county, and states have outdone the federal government in ridiculous overtime, medical and pension plans with many in local governments retiring before the age of 56 with 90% of their salary, often including the last year of overtime.
When an aeronautical engineer working on the stealth programs for the federal government retires on $3,000 a month after 30 years and a worker for the Department of Water and Power retires at over $8,000 a month, something is pathetically out of order. The Water and Power retiree states, “I earned that pension”.
We need to get to the world of reality and off our polarization of elephants and donkeys.
Speaking of smoke and mirrors.
Did everyone notice that as soon as someone in this blog reported how that Sharon Gilbert liar was well enough to prance around the county, over the mountains and through the woods, and beyond into the 114 degree temperatures of the desert cranking out those articles for the examiner…she mysteriously became ill again and totally broke?
That’s right, she was exposed and HER LAWSUIT WAS IN JEOPARDY, so she quickly posted how ill she was, how hellish her days were, how she needed money (again) to keep her blog on because she had great stories coming…poor unsuspecting people were suckered and gave her money, next thing you know Sharon is reporting from all over the county about her fun at these cowboy ranches…gee spending other people’s money for fun.
Notice how all those “great stories” never came! Only attacks on SEBA and against people she has a personal bone to pick with for things that happened years.
Her SEBA stories are all SMOKE AND MIRRORS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO RAN IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, since then, people and situations have changed drastically for the better, and she does NOT need to be informed about it…this scorned nut needs to have the plug pulled on her blow horn before she undoes the good that is quietly happening within SEBA.
I like to hear good news, what is happening at SEBA?
Yes #3, please tell us a good story about SEBA? Other than the BOS iniative.
Abernathie did not run SEBA years and years ago. TRY again. The new President has been in office about a year.
Your an idiot for the most part, because the issues with SEBA are recent events that have come to light along with old events to shown a pattern and practice.
YES be specific about how things have drastically changed for the better?
You opened your piehole, now produce the FACTS???
And what does your post have to do with Jerry Brown?
As you stated, “The new President has been in office about a year.”
Please consider busying yourself with other issues away from SEBA FOR NOW, and allow this “new President” to keep working quietly.
Maybe you can join “Marcus” on other “current and pressing” issues in the county.
You are correct ACU, “the issues with SEBA are recent events that have come to light along with old events to shown a pattern and practice.”
BUT AGAIN, to quote you, “The new President has been in office about a year.” Please allow him the courtesy and TIME to work through the mess he has inherited. We do NOT have to re-expose the ugly past, as those in charge are OBVIOUSLY aware of it and are dealing with those issues.
Changes are in the works…and ACU, is that not what your ultimate goal HAS BEEN FOR YEARS AND YEARS?
BTW, whose influence are you under anyway? It’s all messed up! Slap yourself out of it! We think better of you here!
I understand all the wrongdoings SEBA was involved in, and got away with in the past…no one is arguing that way too many individuals were deeply wronged by the injustices, but take a breath- it’s a new day- can we give this “new president” an opportunity to continue his courageous efforts without the hoopla? It could scare many on the fence, especially with that wacko on the other blog stating names and exaggerating and lying.
In the end your desire to “expose” the past to tie it with the “present” will only be counter productive and even hurt certain individual’s current heroic efforts going on behind closed doors. And no, these quiet going on’s should NOT be played out publicly.
HOWEVER,our dear Hoops Sweetie Pie should have the SUN shinning on him and have him exposed for the crook, sleaze and buffoon he is…HOOPS IS A DISGRACE TO WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDS FOR!! There ARE HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES OF HOW CRIMES WERE SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET ONLY BECAUSE HOOPS “SAID SO- OR ELSE!!”
Those days are gone for our Candy coated Hoops.
Hoops is walking around right now with his guts all in knots, he is a horrible dark man, let SEBA find the right leader before they show this CLOWN to the door!!.
“And what does your post have to do with Jerry Brown?” Nothing, we need to focus on dumping Hoops right now through.
#6, I won’t argue with giving the new President of SEBA a chance, agreed 100%.
In fact there is information he is trying, but running into some resistance from the old guard.
There are a number of things going on that will TEST the President. When the information or circumstances are confirmed, hopefully it will be posative for him.
But to say nothing about SEBA and simply assume things are going on might be counter productive for others who might fall prey to a system that is far from perfect in representation.
Might I direct your attention to some of the recent criminal cases involving members of SEBA.
Those issue happened under the current President. I am not holding him at fault, but to not discuss it, is foolish.
But thank you for the clarification!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, ACU, would you object to me opening my “piehole” one more time?
You say, “…but to not discuss it, is foolish.”
No way! At this time TO DISCUSS IT would be a HUGE MISTAKE!
If he is running into some resistance, why empower the resistance by creating a public mockery of SEBA right now, the resistance will only blame the president for causing turmoil and a public scandal– please let him work quietly in dealing with the resistance, he has a lot more people and help than he can openly reveal, have a little faith and trust in him …everyone needs to step back and let SEBA go through the growing pains and morph into what, you ACU, have always had in mind for SEBA.
…and your welcome!
Lol, continue on, your on a roll. I bet we both have information we cannot share.
Depending on how a couple things go in the next few days might verify what you say is true.
Obvious actions speak louder than words unfortunatley.
Some who have met the president recently are still on the fence. Some of those who are helping him I have the terrible feeling are some of the ones who have created the problems.
You’ll never convince me what has gone so far is pure iniative.
Thanks for the discourse!!
“Some of those who are helping him I have the terrible feeling are some of the ones who have created the problems.”
…and you don’t think the president CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT? Have a little faith, give him more credit, he’s on top of it…some of those who “created the problems” may see things different…and it there may be consequences for them if they are open about it, RESPECT THAT…let them work quietly…WE DON’T HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS …it’s HIS job let him do it…his way…give him TIME!
one year!!!!…it’s been one year!! for crying out loud!!…Rome was NOT built in “a few days” what’s with YOUR DEADLINE?
Relax, focus on something else more pleasant, let those on the fence process every thing AT THEIR PACE…YOU SERIOUSLY AND RESPECTFULLY NEED TO LEAVE IT ALONE!