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Back to homepageBudget: state employees to contribute additional 5 percent
From the governor’s office: State Employee Compensation Savings: To achieve $1.4 billion in General Fund savings, Governor Schwarzenegger proposed 15 percent reduction in state personnel costs achieved by modifying employee compensation and reducing our workforce budget. The changes to employee
Read More'Community groups' or union fronts?
National Public Radio’s KPCC reported today that “community groups” are planning to protest the governor’s plan to slash pay for government employees. It’s interesting to me that grassroots groups that ostensibly are there to help the poor are taking to
Read MoreCuts in state pay, benefits proposed
The Bee reported this morning that the governor “will propose ending fulroughs for state workers at the end of June but seek permanent pay cuts an dhigher employee retirement contributions in their place … .” Check out state salaries here.
Read MoreArnold to star in T5
My sources in Hollywood tell me that, after secret negotiations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to star in “Terminator 5: The Governator.” Filming will start the day after he leaves office a year from now. He was reluctant to return
Read MoreJanuary 2010 – State of the State
It is the morning of the Governor’s first state-of-the-state address for 2010. I am about to make the short trek to the capitol to claw my way through the crowd for a good seat. But first, I need to change
Read MoreJust how many boxes did Arnold blow up?
By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The promise was to do nothing less than “blow up” the boxes of government. “We cannot afford waste and fraud in any department or agency,” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger famously said in his January 2004 State of the
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