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Loren Faulkner

Opposition To Prop 42 Raid Heats Up
July 23, 2008

Construction industry groups are not wasting any time in trying to stop California lawmakers from raiding Prop 42 funds. It is widely rumored that Sacramento legislators are looking to take more than $1 billion from gasoline sales taxes in a desperate move to help solve the state’s $15 billion deficit and pass the 2008-2009  budget. Governor Schwarzenegger is now threatening to slash the salaries of every State employee (some 200,000 of them) to the minimum wage of $6.55 per hour until a budget is passed. It was supposed to be passed on July 1.

The California Alliance for Jobs has started a print media and radio campaign to educate Californians on the lawmakers’ end-run around the will the people who have voted twice in four years to make sure this sort of thing would stop:

ALERT!  Certain Members of Legislature Talking About Raiding Transportation Funds – AGAIN: What part of no don’t they understand?  Twice now, California voters have passed measures that dedicate the existing state sales tax on gas to fund transportation and transit improvement projects. In fact, just two years ago 77% of voters passed proposition 1A, sending an unequivocal mandate prohibiting the state legislature from raiding gas tax funds for non-transportation projects.
 
But certain politicians in Sacramento are at it again, talking about raiding these funds to fix their budget mess. Democratic leaders and the Governor have indicated they oppose borrowing these funds to balance this year’s budget. But other members of the legislature continue to discuss this bad idea as part of a budget deal.
 
This is bad fiscal policy that would only put our state deeper in the red. And it would kill vital transportation projects up and down the state.  

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For more information, see Transportation California www.transportationca.com and The California Alliance For Jobs www.rebuildca.org

It’s a good idea to contact the Governor and you state representatives to let them know they need to drop this bad idea like a hot potato…

Posted by Loren Faulkner on July 23, 2008 | Comments (0)