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The Governor's Blue Pencil

by: Brian Leubitz

Thu Jun 28, 2012 at 13:16:41 PM PDT


Governor signs budget deal, but gets out the blue pencil.

by Brian Leubitz

The Governor, being of the same party as the Legislative majority, wouldn't be expected to axe a lot of the line items.  However, out it came for $195 million worth.

Gov. Jerry Brown used his line-item veto authority to strike $128.9 million in spending from the $91.3 billion general fund state budget he signed, his office reported today.

Brown vetoed another $66.8 million in spending from special funds and federal funds, for a total veto amount of $195.7 million.

The Democratic governor's cuts affect child care and preschool for low-income children and Cal Grant scholarship aid at private schools, two areas that Brown wanted lawmakers to slash deeper than they did. (SacBee)

CalGrants got a big cut, with a 5% cut off the top. Higher education is getting more and more out of reach of the middle class. So, hooray for that extra cut, huh?

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The blue pen is ultra fine (0.00 / 0)
Jerry penned out one fifth of one percent.

That would be about the same as someone who makes $200K not spending $200.00.


Actually (0.00 / 0)
Actually, one fifth of 1 percent of $200K is $400.00

Weren't you the guy who didn't need schools ?
Not even for math ?


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Point & Match (0.00 / 0)
I salute you, you did get me on that one.

Truth be told, I live on the dole simply because its much more convenient than going out and working.

That being said, I really didn't need schools growing up, because there's always some rich guy out there paying money that ends up in my bank account.

But you still got me, I did make that mistake.


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... governor's cuts affect child care and preschool for low-income children and Cal Grant scholarship ..

Senate and Assembly Democrats could have prevented those particular cuts by cutting more pork from the budget

As for Cal Grants.....
It's OK for public colleges and universities
But, I DON'T want to give Cal Grants to 'private' schools
You don't know which 'private' school is legitimate or not
If they're getting hand outs from the state, are they really 'private'  ???

My daughters could not get Cal Grants because we own a house
That's OK, use Cal Grants for the neediest 'Public College and University' students

Thank you, Jerry Brown
California has at least one 'Responsible Adult' in Government


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