Well...there you have it
Apathy Kills
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This year is absolute proof that the so-called "supermajority" needed to ratify the budget in CA does more harm than good.
For decades, the state functioned perfectly well on a "50 percent plus one" standard. We need a ballot measure to bring it back.
For decades, the state functioned perfectly well on a "50 percent plus one" standard. We need a ballot measure to bring it back.
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why'd they get rid of that? This is ridiculous
Apathy Kills
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I honestly don't remember.
It's been on the books for quite a while, though.
EDIT: Apparently it goes back to 1933.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/supmjbud.htm
It's a god damn miracle the state senate gets anything done.
Oh wait...
It's been on the books for quite a while, though.
EDIT: Apparently it goes back to 1933.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/supmjbud.htm
It's a god damn miracle the state senate gets anything done.
Oh wait...
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scrotal surge
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I have a friend who works for a non-profit. She told me this...
After school programs work. h:
Crime rate for juveniles from 3:00pm to 6:00pm has dropped since the introduction of after school programs. I hope your grant writer stresses this. The ramifications of losing programs like yours would be a true recipe for destruction.
Those layoffs are people who are temporary workers. What happened is the state got all of this money so they decided to increase their payrolls by adding temp workers. That way, they could get more workers but they don't have the protections of regular government employess like the benefits and guaranteed no layoff clauses in their employment contracts. They are mostly admin and clerks.....people like that. Not social workers and probation officers and "degreed" people.
h:Crime rate for juveniles from 3:00pm to 6:00pm has dropped since the introduction of after school programs. I hope your grant writer stresses this. The ramifications of losing programs like yours would be a true recipe for destruction.
scrotal surge
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Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 put plans in motion to lay off some 12,000 workers, sending them notices that the state had begun the lengthy process of eliminating their jobs. That process can involve six to eight months of appeal hearings, paperwork processing and negotiations between the state and unions. Those layoffs never happened either.
Seems it's not that easy to cut State workers.
