Deb,

You are so right. He is dangerous and the majority in Sacramento

I go to Sacramento every year to lobby for Motorcycle rights and am
amazed at the arrogance and ignorance exhibited there.

Come on up to Sacramento with us next year and see for yourself how low
your representatives regard you. And from what I have seen / heard you
don't have to be a biker to be treated like sh.t.

Then again, YMMV!

Paul

Wait...SQUANDER??? Oh, heaven forbid anyone take that measly $200 a year
and spend it on food, rent, gas during a time where the top officials
seem to think the public is a never-ending source of funds!

So Perata and Leno think that allowing Cali citizens a paltry couple
hundred bucks extra is SQUANDERING?

Oh, yeah. I guess some fatassed politicians might have to go without a
few jaunts, a few dinners, a few football games. How DARE Joe Citizen
waste that money on things like medical care! Talk about a sense of
entitlement. Talk about being out of touch with reality.

Things are no better down here in San Diego though. We have our own set
of corrupt, unethical politicians. They all dance to the same master's
tune, though. Unfortunately, the people aren't the orchestra.

You are ignoring something instead.

California's operating deficit over the last three years totals 9.8
*billion* dollars, and it will continue to grow worse this coming year as
the politicos in Sacramento are facing unrealistic voters who want all the
State's many services to continue unabated and yet don't want to pay for
them via increased taxes. This makes financially responsible State officials
unhappy and they sometimes even get grumpy about the situation and speak
poorly of the electorate as a result.

But should you tell your elected officials that you either want to pay
higher taxes or tell them which services you want them to cut, and enough of
you do it, then they will probably stop thinking -and saying- that they need
your money more badly than you do.

The statement by Leno and Perata is either utter nonsense or political
claptrap, but  it makes no sense.  It the politicians decided to not
to impose an increase in DMV fees that just means the state will have
to collect the money in some other way.  The act of not increasing and
thereby having nothing new to collect does NOT result in any
squandering of public money - there was no money to be squandered.

That's a very strong over-statement given that we are talking about
revenue DMV licensing fees.  In which ways is he dangerous.

No.

they are to busy worrying about gay people and making sure they have more rights
than everyone else and speading the filth that occurs at the leather festival to
care about tax sh.t. like trying to pass laws that teachers can't call mom and
dad! mom and dad but parents