skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, August 11, 2008

let the budget legal battles begin

the governator is suing the treasurernator.
gov. arnold schwarzenegger and state controller john chiang are headed for a court fight over the governor's attempt to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees until lawmakers approve a state budget.

a lawsuit against the controller will be filed late monday afternoon in sacramento county superior court, said lynelle jolley, a spokeswoman for schwarzenegger's department of personnel administration.

...the republican governor had hoped his executive order on july 31 would pressure lawmakers to compromise. in it, he directed that the pay of nearly 140,000 rank-and-file employees be cut to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour.

about 30,000 management employees would be paid $455 a week under the order. another 8,000 state workers without federal minimum wage
protection, mostly doctors and attorneys, wouldn't be paid at all until a budget was adopted. - sfgate

well...hate to remind folks, but state workers are needed to work elections. hey..and don't we have one rather important one coming up in november of this year?

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Why DID you guys allow him to remain governator???
commented by Blogger Essaress ; Prior of the F.C.F.J.,, 7:43 AM PDT  

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