When it comes to politics, regardless of your ideological persuasion, there is no limit to the level of foolishness involved.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 13:32, Joe Heaton<jhea...@etp.ca.gov> wrote: > > Our republican governator has been fighting with our Democratic > > legislature, and using the state workers as pawns in his games. He > > threatened federal minimum wage late last year, and he may bring that > > back into the picture come May-June of next year, when they're trying to > > establish a budget for 2010/2011. I'm part of a union that came to an > > agreement on a contract in early Feb., and he had his Republican cronies > > squash the passing of the contract at that time, because it limited > > members to a single furlough day, and had unprecedented layoff > > protections in it. I hear that it may come back to the floor during > > their next session, but I honestly can't see it passing now either. It > > wouldn't be as bad if we didn't require a 2/3 majority for so many > > things, such as the budget, and the contract thing. > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel > > I wish the US Congress and all the States had a 2/.3 requirement for > budgets and spending. That would kill a lot of foolishness. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
