Hello hello. It has been some time since my last entry, but it has not been for lack of things to write about. The world has not gone completely insane, but the news beaming about is dire indeed
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California updatelatenightcoderFebruary 11 2009, 00:51:10 UTC
It looks like the budget issue has not yet been resolved and Governor Schwarzenegger has threatened to send layoff notices to 10,000 - 20,000 state workers if the legislature cannot agree on a budget by Friday. He (they?) have already enacted a 2 day a month mandatory (unpaid) furlough for some 238,000 state employees. Given that it is California, I'm surprised they have not decided to raise taxes on the wealthiest residents to pay for the budget difference (not that I think it could be sustained).
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-LNC
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