Governor: Tax hikes, spending cuts to fix budget -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Thursday for the Legislature to convene a special session to approve his plan to overcome the state's projected $11.2 billion revenue shortfall by raising billions of dollars in new taxes and making major spending cuts.
Dan Walters: Budget meltdown was inevitable -- Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and an ideologically polarized Legislature had danced around California's budget mess for years, running up deficits even during prosperous years and covering shortfalls with hide-the-pea bookkeeping and phantom revenues.
Schwarzenegger's tax plan has foes and fans -- Higher taxes? In a recession? From refrigerator repair to oil production, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget plan launched an instant debate Thursday on the economic impact of increasing the tax burden on a weary populace.
Analysis: Is Schwarzenegger wise to raise taxes in a bad economy? -- It's been conventional wisdom in modern politics — and holy writ among Republicans — that when the economy hits the skids, the last thing you want to do is saddle the people with more taxes.
A state sales tax jump could backfire -- Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal for a temporary increase could drive consumers to buy outside the state or over the Internet.
Oil firms vow to fight Schwarzenegger's tax proposal -- California oil producers vowed Thursday to wage an all-out lobbying battle against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's call for a 9.9% state tax on every barrel of crude pumped out of the ground. The governor said the tax was an important part of a budget-balancing solution at a time of economic crisis in the state. But the oil industry warned it would mean higher gasoline prices during a recession.
State workers rip Schwarzenegger's job furlough plan -- State workers on Thursday blasted Gov. Arnold Schwar-zenegger's proposal to furlough them one day a month and drop two paid holidays from their calendar. "I'll be firing off letters and e-mails to legislators that say, 'Hell no,' " said Jon Marshack, a scientist employed by the state for 27 years. "And I can tell you that everyone I work with is very, very angry."
Governor aims to boost jobless insurance fund -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a plan to fix California's near bankrupt unemployment insurance fund on Thursday by cutting worker benefits, increasing company payroll taxes and borrowing from the federal government.
Prop. 8 foes concede defeat, vow to fight on -- Opponents of Proposition 8 conceded defeat Thursday in their campaign to block the ban on same-sex marriage in California, pinning their hopes on a legal challenge to the statewide initiative.
Gay marriage ban spawns confusion across California -- With protesters taking to the streets yesterday over the state's newly approved gay marriage ban, California lapsed into legal uncertainty and political turmoil over who should have the right to wed.
Prop. 8 protesters target Mormon temple in Westwood -- More than a thousand gay-rights activists gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the role Mormons played in passing Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
Black and Latino voters critical to same-sex marriage ban's success -- Even as African-American and Latino voters were a powerful force in boosting America's first black president to victory, in California they also were crucial to passing Proposition 8, a ballot measure labeled, "Eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry."
Schwarzenegger names his children's nanny to state board -- California has often been tagged as the "nanny state" for passing laws that some people say interfere with citizens' lives. But now it has earned the label for a whole different reason, thanks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Republican governor announced this week that he had appointed a nanny -- his own children's nanny, in fact -- as a part-time state regulator on the Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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The prop 8 battle may very well wind up in court and if it does, I somehow doubt the people who will be there defending the "Yes" side will be able to recognize the proper way to defend against the other side. Here is the statement that they should use that can't be refuted.
There is no denial of rights! And this is the proof:
If a "gay male" and a "straight male" both want to marry the same guy....(The same gay male), both the straight male and the gay male have equally the same rights and same restrictions. They both are not allowed to marry another male.
This and only this statement should be argued in front of the judges. Normally the other side will try to change the subject or just attack the statement, but the "Yes" side should stick to this one and only one position because it completely refutes their argument that there are rights being denied to the gay person that the stright person has under the "Equal Protection Clause" of the California Constitution. THIS IS JUST A LIE!
Try to show how one side can marry the same sex, while the other side can't marry the same sex! What if a straight male wanted to marry another straight male just to get the benifits of the marriage contract? They are denied the same as if two gays want to do the same thing.
Therefore under the "Equal Protection Clause" there is no need for a change to the Constitution, and Prop 8 was properly voteded on as an "Admendment" and not a "Change."
I challenge anyone to show how gays are being denied a "right" to marry the same sex and the "straights" somehow are allowed!
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