And the two main factors contributing to California's deficit have been 1.) the fall of the dot coms, and 2.) the usage of state funds to supplement the purchasing of energy from corporate entities.
the first part of this had to do with bad investing from Venture Capitalists and the second is most largely attributed to the deregulation of the energy industry, instituted, in part, by Pete Wilson. The idea that Corporations will put aside profit margins for public interest is fallacious at best.
When the a series of BART bonds were voted upon by residents in San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo and Contra Costa counties between 1992 and 1996 to expand the system, the only thing the politicians did was cast their vote as a member of the public if they lived in those districts... it wasn't a legislative action.
As for Grey Davis, I don't think that he has shown much leadership to help correct the problems, but that doesn't mean that his government is to blame... more reason to vote green in 2004
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From: "Mine ? Mine ? Mine ?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [D] nrr: your politicians at work, folks (rant) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:05:49 -0500
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/23/BA124129.DTL
that's right, folks.
so let's break it down for some of you folks who do work more than 7 miles from town: polits want you to stop using your car, save the environment, use public transportation, yada yada noble ideal cause yada.
so let's say you take bart to work:
you pay $2 for parking or, you find that bart has closed your parking lot and are using it for longterm parking, charging a whopping $7, hereby squeezing the car drivers to pay for that monthly parking or have them duke it out for parking spot in tiny tiny garage.
you pay $$$$ for bart ticket, which will increase once again in january, costing you a potential extra $20 a month to go to work.
you find out the shuttle that goes to your workplace is moved to an even FURTHER bart station, costing you an additional $20, and find out that shuttle only makes you need to add ONE HOUR to your commute time. in fact, if you actually DROVE to work, you'd get to leave LATER from home, and get back EARLIER.
where exactly is the incentive to save the environment and ride public transportation ?
oh, i get it. gray davis and co want to make it extremely difficult/inconvenient for you to go to work i see how that boosts our economy. really.
as far as i know, when wilson left, we actually had a surplus in the budget. now we're how many billion in deficit ?
i didn't vote for that fucker, one disgruntled employee/
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