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Brown may ask voters to rip off budget 'Band-Aid'
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Dec 08, 2010 08:24pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Thursday, December 9, 2010 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Reporting from Sacramento — California voters could be presented with a tough choice by summer under a proposal that Gov.-elect Jerry Brown is considering: Approve new taxes or other revenue in a special election, or live with far fewer government services.
Brown is holding talks with small groups of lawmakers and influential interest groups about how to put that decision before the public. He won't discuss his plans publicly, but people involved in the private discussions expect him to propose a special election after enacting a dire austerity budget in the spring.
State Senate minority leader Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga), who met with Brown this week, said the governor-elect told Republican senators he wants to "rip the Band-Aid off next year" and hinted that a special election was part of the plan.
"He intimated strongly that he wanted to go to the ballot but did not say so explicitly," Dutton said. |
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