Comments on: Governator terminates reasonable wages

By: sblackmoore

sblackmoore — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:54:36 +0000

I don’t necessarily support the action, because it’s going to screw lot of people, but I understand it.

The governor is only able to do so much in the budget process. It’s the legislature that needs to pass one. As mummey said, this puts their feet to the fire.

It’s been four months. We’re already billions in the hole. The lack of action on the legislature’s part is helping us go further into that hole., making the problem worse The state’s running on borrowed money. That’s not going to last forever.

The governor is going to take heat for this action, and the legislature knows it. That’s why they did it. That’s how politics works. It’s a big game of chicken.

What they don’t seem to understand is that he has less to lose than they do.

By: EL CHAVO!

EL CHAVO! — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:51:54 +0000

Wow, those comments supporting this proposed action are amazing. I hope the Governor finds a way to hold back your wages as well, maybe with some "Temporary Adjustment of Wages to fulfill Poetic Justice for Assholes" bill. I’d write my Representative in support, due haste!

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:35:56 +0000

Call me a noob, but didn’t opponents of Gray Davis recall him and put forth Arnold because they wanted sensible solutions to the big state deficit? And Arnold’s solution is to punish state employees who didn’t cause the deficit, by reducing their salary to the federal minimum wage, not even the higher state minimum wage, even though they are state, not federal, employees? Quick, get that Constitution out and change the part about being born in the USA, we want Arnold to run for President as a Republican!

By: frazgo

frazgo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:02:21 +0000

True annika but at least it isn’t a permanent roll back. Do you think those affected my step up and demand a budget be produced so it doesn’t happen?

By: Annika Barranti

Annika Barranti — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:43:46 +0000

Fraz, I’m pretty sure they don’t let you retroactively pay your rent. So that doesn’t mean shit.

By: bromike666

bromike666 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:07:44 +0000

I’d like to make the "hole" not "whole."

By: bromike666

bromike666 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30:07 +0000

Hey we’re 16-20 billion in the whole.

1. Pay federal minimum wage.
2. $200 fine for talking on phone while driving.
3. $500 fine for not cleaning up your dog’s shit.
4. All parking enforcement people WALK.
5. All state employees lose their free car and have to take public transportation.

That should take car of our shortfall!

By: laexpat

laexpat — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:03:47 +0000

Bravo for Arnold!

By: theuglyamerican

theuglyamerican — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:54:13 +0000

Finally, Ah-nald is showing some balls again.

For a moment there, I’d thought Maria had him clipped.

By: frazgo

frazgo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:22:43 +0000

The last I heard is that it was a temporary reductiona and it would be paid back retroactively.

Also…woohoo party time in my ‘hood. The "expensive gas station" dropped 7 cents today to $4.37. (That’s sarcasm).