Homeland Security Windfall for CA

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Submitted by tothjj on June 16, 2009 - 4:54pm

I haven't posted in a while, but after reading this, I could not resist. While reading this article on Voice of San Diego,

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/...,

I see that California is going to receive 80 BILLION dollars for Homeland Security from the Feds. Now the state deficit is 40 billion at last glance. What do you think the odds are that this is a coincidence? Is that all for FY10? The piece does not say what CA has received in previous years, but it does say that this amount is much more than normal. The Feds do not want to look like they are bailing out CA, but this seems pretty much like a backdoor bailout to me.
On a related note, what happens in two weeks when FY09 ends without a budget? I am surprised it is not getting more ink. Seems like a watershed event is coming and our 15 minute CNN world is glossing over it.

J

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Ahh... the ghost of Duke
Submitted by Oxford on June 16, 2009 - 5:25pm.

Ahh... the ghost of Duke Cunningham lives on.

OX
...back door man

More like Tammany Hall and
Submitted by Zeitgeist on June 16, 2009 - 7:28pm.

More like Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed to me.

That'ss spread like butter
Submitted by PadreBrian on June 16, 2009 - 7:49pm.

That'ss spread like butter over a bunch of years though, so DON'T count on it helping in the near term. Sacramento has to cut.