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March 28, 2011 04:42 AM UTC
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Really? Seriously? Come on, now. Republicans are delaying the goddamn state budget a thing we actually kind of do need around here, to get cheaper cigarettes at the cost of schools?
Are we living in a religious cartoon handed out as a newsprint pamphlet outside of Halloween parties or something? Did the Republicans all grow nicely waxed handlebar mustaches overnight? And do the enterprising Polsters need to band together to remove some distressed maidens from the train tracks? (Oh, wait, the train tracks aren’t going to be finished for another 30 years or so…)
By a large margin, iirc. I could be thinking of something else, but if I’m not wouldn’t that mean that the Republicans are arguing to cut education so they can afford to directly go against voter’s wishes? Why does the GOP hate democracy?
What’s Lundberg’s stance on that? (Seriously asking and yes, it could be considered half a thread jack.)
I’m also confused about why the JBC belongs to Hodge when it sucks. Bad deal for Mary. Unless she gets it when it’s doing something un-clusterfucked.
Local media better come through here. I better here the word “disgusting” at least once. (You know who you are.)
The Long Bill has already been postponed a week. The decks that were cleared two weeks ago for the Long Bill were uncleared on Friday.
Some might say “imminent.” I would say “at hand.”
Do you want education or roads?
Close and combine schools or close and combine police stations?
My daughter is a first grader in Jeffco Public Schools and I’ve already received news from them that they are cutting over 200 employees and closing or combining at least 2 schools.
On the other hand, I work for a smaller suburban city whose revenue comes almost solely from sales tax. My evil Employee Association agreed to 4 furlough days this year along with a wage and hiring freeze. Any request for new equipment, no matter how small, is scrutinized by anyone who manages a budget in the city.
I guess I would ask: How much do schools and local governments depend on that revenue from the state? How much and how long would it hurt them not to receive those funds?
My uneducated guess is that it’s easier for local governments to adjust to a loss of state money than it is for school districts. I have no idea if I’m right though.
They are not popular and will not help bring jobs to Colorado. They should be satisfied.
I don’t understand overreaching.
Stop posting expensive signs about Obama, Ritter and Faster as these are wasteful political advertisements.
Stop placing expensive overhead signs that warn of fog( can not see them in the fog) and other stupid items as these slow traffic more than anything
Lay off ВЅ off all State liawyers.
Abolish redundant branches of gov such as DOLA.
The are many ways to save without touching education. I know education is giant part of the budget but it is the waste that the people hate to fund not education. Only the hardcore want to cut education. I am willing to pay taxes for reasonable roads(not gold plated) and education but anything else is giant giant waste.
You could lay off ВЅ of all government staff(teachers excluded) and things would not miss a beat! I have dealt with may areas of gov and I have to tell you, they have nice digs and twice the required staff . K-12 is the exception.
Try harder!
Budgets are for grown-ups. Now go away.
we could also raise income taxes to 15% and sales taxes to 10%. Or we could completely abandon Medicaid. But just because you CAN do it doesn’t mean it’s good governing.
Outside of paying teachers, personnel costs are fairly minimal. The budget goes almost entirely to school districts, Medicaid reimbursements, prisons, and college students – not to state employees!
The only good idea you came up with, Mark G., is to eliminate the Department of Local Affairs. The rest of your suggestions simply would not produce enough savings to make a difference.
The other problem is that you think government agencies can function with half their lawyers. First, most agencies have very few of those on staff. The agency that has the most, the Department of Law, needs them to do its job, which is representing state agencies and prosecuting people suspected of crimes. Mr. Suthers already is short-staffed. He doesn’t need to have his job made even harder.
to Somalia where there are no government services. It would make everyone happier, they’d have no taxes. Government would be run by those who have a vested interest in making it run well, not sabotaging it a la Doug Bruce.
Just about everything MarkG suggested cutting is NOT in the $7.2B general fund. The state could lay off every single employee paid by the general fund and would still only cut $596M out of the needed $1.2B in cuts. Of course in doing so we lay off all of the state police, CBI, all of our prison guards and prison staff and so on. The needed budget cuts canonly be found in 6 areas, 46% of which is K-12 education.
But we already knew MarkG was just blowing smoke out of his ass.