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State three-day-a-month furloughs begin

Full story: Long Beach Press-Telegram

Starting today, most state government offices will begin closing three days a month to save California some money.

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bjh

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Jul 10, 2009
 

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The so-called governor is punishing the state employees, the public school students and the poor to try to fix a problem caused by his own inability to do his job. Until he cuts his own
salary and perks he will continue to look like the abysmal failure that he is.
bjh

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TICK wrote:
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He takes one dollar in pay. He's a perfect example of you get what you pay for.
I wasnt aware of that. I know some elected officials who are wealthy do tend to do that.
But in this case, he hasnt even earned that much.
Thanks for the info.
SAW
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Jul 11, 2009
 
bjh wrote:
The so-called governor is punishing the state employees, the public school students and the poor to try to fix a problem caused by his own inability to do his job. Until he cuts his own
salary and perks he will continue to look like the abysmal failure that he is.
He doesn't take a salary for being Governor. Otherwise, I agree that he is punishing the wrong people.
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I am unhappy with the Governor, too, but what do you want from him? He is not a dictator. It is the legislature that controls the budget; so he's cutting where he can. Shortly after he was elected he called a special election to make fundamental changes that would have prevented the crisis CA is now in. All his initiatives were voted down, after heavy union and Dem advertising. He got the voters' message and began acting like a Dem governor.
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By the way, it is the lobbies for the state and other public employees, the public school teachers and for the poor who got the legislature to pass the spending bills. Those are the real cause of this budget "crisis".

It's only fair that since those areas received too much money, that the cuts are made there.
welp

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Jul 11, 2009
 
I guess this means more drunks peeing in the alley behind Legends.
Michael

Sonora, CA

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Jul 14, 2009
 
The second to the last paragraph is dead on. I am a state employee and the 14% pay reduction hurts. We no longer buy anything but bare necessities. Any purchases that might stimulate the economy are gone and this cannot be helping the situation. And I am only one of thousands being punished by the governor because of the financial ineptitude of our state government. And the furloughs will continue through August 2010, so no major purchases or splurges until then.
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