ASSEMBLY BUDGET CHAIR LAIRD ON BUDGET STALEMATE: 'IT'S TIME FOR LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS TO LEVEL WITH CALIFORNIA'
August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 29 -- The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
Assembly Budget Chair John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) today issued the following statement on the status of state budget negotiations:
"After two months in deadlock, it is unconscionable for legislative Republicans to hold the state budget hostage without ever having produced a counter-proposal. Legislative Republicans have an obligation to this state to . . .
Assembly Budget Chair John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) today issued the following statement on the status of state budget negotiations:
"After two months in deadlock, it is unconscionable for legislative Republicans to hold the state budget hostage without ever having produced a counter-proposal. Legislative Republicans have an obligation to this state to . . .