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  • "The state has faced worse deficits. When the last Republican governor left office California was $91 billion in the red. Mortgage and lending people tell me that interest rates should be dropping in the new year which will revive the housing market. In other words, this too shall pass. But, eat it up conservatives. I expect 2024 to be a really bad year for your ilk."

    Adam Trask commented in:
    California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 15:51:28
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  • "There is no doubt that we know where this is headed.....the state will go after the few remaining money earners who haven't yet left the state behind. Best picture to explain this is a shriveled raisin that is getting deflated so that momentarily it will implode. In submarine terminology we are reaching our "crush depth"."

    Shocked in MB commented in:
    California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 13:15:29
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  • "Oh come on! Interest rates are hardly the only thing to stagnate the California economy! How about the "green investments," the onorous regulations that stifle business opportunities (read: lost tax revenue), lack of support for petroleum which has made gas prices skyrocket, just to name a few. Furthermore, the structure of the tax system in the state is based on volitile personal income taxes instead of sales and user taxes. When incomes are high (due to investments doing well) then there is often a surplus, but when the market slides, so does the income. It's impossible to plan properly. It's the dark side of soak the rich mentality."

    esil53 commented in:
    California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 09:24:54
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  • "Creating a budget on projected revenues is always going to leave them in a never ending cycle of shortfalls and surpluses. Why not run the state based upon % of revenues already collected? Schools get 25%, roads get 25%, etc... Then, let managers and directors have 'bank accounts' that let them store surplus $$ for a rainy day to smooth out the rough spots or respond to urgent necessities? If they based the above on 100% of revenue, there could never be deficit spending and subsequently no debt to service....or better yet, base it on 90% and put 10% into savings every year. Eventually, the interest rate on that 10% saved would completely fund the state's operations..."

    choprzrul commented in:
    California facing a $58 billion revenue shortfall over 2 years on 2023-12-04 05:48:38
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  • "Thank you! In 2016 when Prater was given the 2% interest loan, no money down, to buy a house somewhere (not even necessarily within the SLCUSD boundaries), I was outraged. This is a gift of public funds to a guy making $5000 a WEEK who claimed he couldn't afford to buy a house. The school district is not a bank for its bureaucrats. haven't voted for a school bond ever since and probably never will."

    womanwhohasbeenthere commented in:
    Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 16:57:31
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  • "

    This is no conspiracy, it is an idiot who used his county credit card to purchase something(s) not related to his position or other county-related business.


    His/her parents failed to teach their child that "stealing" is wrong, that is all, and whoever it is will face the consequences for their actions as an adult too


    This is sadly called (for them and their family) "Learning the Hard Way", period!

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    Truthsayer commented in:
    SLO County information technology employee suspected of theft on 2023-12-03 13:39:23
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  • "I still remember when the School Board gave Superintendent Eric Prater a $950,000 loan (December 2016) at 2 % interest so he could buy a nice house in Avila Beach. He complained he couldn't find suitable housing in SLO when he lost his rental in the Arbors because his landlord decided to sell. The School Board didn't want to lose him so gave him the money to guarantee he would stay until 2021. Phoning from home at the beach sounds pretty cushy."

    Murse commented in:
    Its time to hold SLO High School officials accountable on 2023-12-03 12:07:31
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