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...Started out in Pittsburgh, where he became a Top 40 music DJ and went by the name Jeff Christie. He turned political in Sacramento, Calif. by creating a politically incorrect persona called El Rushbo, then moved to New York and went national on WABC...
Despite the handshakes and smiles yesterday in Sacramento, the budget crisis is far from over - and the state could be in for a serious citizen backlash over the next few months. In California, tax revenue enhancements must be voted on in a special election. On May 19, voters will determine the fate of $5.8 billion in measures, which also include a permanent state spending cap (which would extend the tax hikes from two to four years) and whether or not to divert money from children's services, mental health programs and the lottery into state coffers...
When Schwarzenegger swept then governor Gray Davis out of office and himself into the governor's chair in the dramatic 2003 recall election, he promised to end the partisan gridlock in Sacramento and balance the state's books. Neither miracle happened. A social liberal, Schwarzenegger had been careful to wave high the no-new-tax flag. In prior budget years, he touted bonds and found other gimmicks to put off costs until later...
...whose school districts can afford to absorb their children? In California, school officials are expecting to receive upwards of $8 billion over two years from the federal stimulus. While this money would enable districts to address some of their most pressing needs, John Mockler, an education-funding specialist in Sacramento, says, "It's not a panacea." In the long term, Mockler says, states need to come up with new funding sources to support classroom instruction and let teachers do what they were hired to do - teach...
...NTSB clash this week, Stacey Friedman will fly from her home in Sacramento to attend the safety hearings in Washington. She will tell people that the helicopter her sister was riding in crashed into the Puget Sound in the middle of a heavy storm, that her sister's body was recovered in pieces. She probably will not cry. She has been telling the same story for years. "The industry is supposed to save people," Freidman says, "but actually it's killing people all the time...