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Budget Battles Across California

By KSEE News

Story Published: Aug 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM EDT

Story Updated: Aug 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM EDT

Chowchilla State Prison employees gathered early Wednesday night to protest executive ordered wage cuts.

Last month, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an order to cut all state employee wages to $6.55 per hour until California’s budget is finalized.

Moves have been made to resolve the overdue state budget.
Legislators have tried to come up with a compromise to satisfy both Democrat and Republican Senators.
But each time, failed to get the two-thirds vote needed to pass.

Senate President Pro Tem, Democrat, Don Perata met with the governor Wednesday to make a deal which reportedly includes a three year sales tax increase, in return for a promised permanent sales tax reduction.
Perata expressed his hope for republican senators to vote for this new deal.

At this point, only two republicans are expected to vote with senate democrats; one being the Bakersfield Senator, Republican, Roy Ashburn.

Thursday, Aug 14 at 2:34 PM itoldyou wrote ...

This is just more taxes and spending. Here is the only solution. Mandate no person who works for the state including all teachers and adminstrators can get more than 50 percent of their pay in retiremane, pay 1/3 of their medical work until 62 and return class size to 30 to one. This beginning is only a good start but if we don't the state will implode like Chernoble

Tuesday, Feb 17 at 5:02 PM Teri wrote ...

Don't see any senate or congressional people taking cuts in pay when they can not do there jobs

Sunday, Aug 9 at 4:25 PM Medical Health Gov. bomb it for the worse. wrote ...

Gov. Cutting Medical Health 30% across the board was a very bad thing. Those who help us can't live on what you cut. They can not keep working as hard as they are doing and not get time off. They are not going to survive this kind of cut back. You have gone to far. Your making things worse, then good. The medical people will not be able to live on that kind of cut. Some won't be able to handle a second job to get what pay they lost they are doing long hours already. Your killing them.

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