It’s quite simple. 1.8 million per Rep, 2.4 per Senator? And what do they really do?

They proclaim a paid day off to celebrate the Illegal Immigrants march and work stoppage last year.

You read that right.

Appalling.

LA Times:California voters exercise their power — and that’s the problem

Loxodonta on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 AM

The sanctimonius arrogance of the L.A. Slimes is truly astounding. I hope that sorry rag goes belly up.

Perhaps we should go one further. “If you raise taxes you cannot collect your pay, which reverts to the state’s general fund, for the rest of your time in office, any office.”

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The votes on all the initiatives wsere as predicted. The only one that passed was:

Proposition 1F, which will prohibit raises to lawmakers and other state elected officials during deficit years.

Californians are well known for periodic voter revolts, but on Tuesday they did more than just lash out at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature over the state’s fiscal debacle.

By rejecting five budget measures, Californians also brought into stark relief the fact that they, too, share blame for the political dysfunction that has brought California to the brink of insolvency.

Not one mention of any role that the California news and entertainment media have played in this debacle.

Why spend these exorbinant amounts?

Does that mean we’re down to 49 states?

Actually, it would be 59, wouldn’t it?

“Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”

–Barry Sortero

speed911 on May 19, 2009 at 9:26 AM

Good post. Exactly right on all counts. Unfortunately Californians Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in 49 states.

tailpipe emissions

Good description of all the arrogant BS coming from Sacramento these days.

Yesterday, I was shocked to learn the truth. For every CA state representative……..do you know yours, even?

1.8 million dollars.

State senator?

2.3 million.

That is the cost of maintaining their perks, their staff support, their pensions, salary, etc.

Imagine that.

And they are cutting healthcare homeworkers to meet the budget?

No wonder the SIEU objected.

This is so atrocious that I meet with the opposing side and agree.

What a bunch of baloney!

TheMightyMonarch on May 19, 2009 at 11:36 PM

Mick E Mouse, DooDad Pro, and Good Will vote late…

The wife and I went to our polling place at 6:30PM tonight and we were only the 147th and 148th people to vote that day. Sad.

Oh, and California? Release the illegals, Release the Unions, Release the ban on off-shore oil leases, and find a conservative govenor!!! You’ll be back in black in no time at all!

I am writing my Congressman and Senator now.

They are not too big to fail. They failed their own PRODUCERS and need to fix themselves.

Not one dime.

sdillard on May 19, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Nice. Exactly. I’d choose to roll it back further, myself, but 2005 is still better than the deranged spending frenzy the legislature has been in since.

I was wondering if anyone in the CA legislature had proposed cutting out that funding for stem cell research. That always struck me as a waste of taxpayer money
AZCoyote on May 19, 2009 at 5:32 PM

It was an expensive blue-county slap at George Bush. The private money was already moving to adult stem cells.

I’ve never been able to figure out why Texans are so defensive about the state
warbaby on May 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM

Nor me. I can tell you that coming back home to Texas after a trip to Europe, especially after transitting through a place like Newark or Washington Dulles, makes me realise just how lucky I am to be here. I’d have taken us straight back if we had to live anywhere like NJ.

Fortunata on May 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM

Texans apologizing for Texas is just the flip side of Texans bragging about it. I lived in Austin almost 45 years ago, and have visited many times since (my daughter lives there, and she’s a moonbat.) I’ve also lived in Dallas, San Antone and Pampa (in the panhandle), and it seemed to be unremitting.

I’ve never been able to figure out why Texans are so defensive about the state; it seems to amount to some massive inferiority complex which just won’t quit. The liberals are the worst.

Golisano told a gathering of Rochester business executives that he will remain as owner of the Buffalo hockey team, but he is fleeing the Empire State to avoid paying $13,000 a day in state income taxes.

My opinion is that California should enter into a bankruptcy. The legislature will never clean this up. The unions here are all-powerful. They will destroy the image and reputation of anyone who tries to put some sort of control over their salaries. Only a hard-nosed bankruptcy judge will be able to straighten this state out. Assuming he can live long enough to do the job.