Aug 25
You get a mess. Like in Chicago, California and now Rhode Island.
Rhode Island will shut down its state government for 12 days and hopes to trim millions of dollars in funding for local governments under a plan Gov. Don Carcieri outlined Monday to balance a budget hammered by surging unemployment and plummeting tax revenue.
The shutdown will force 81 percent of the roughly 13,550-member state work force, excluding its college system, to stay home a dozen days without pay before the start of the new fiscal year in July.
Compare to Texas.
August 25th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I’d like to ses Cali go to a Texas style once-every-two year legislature. These full time clowns are causing more harm than good. We have plenty of laws already on the books, so why do we need them there full-time?
August 25th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Texas is big, but does fine with once every two years. I agree. When they meet, trouble brews.