[Turk]

Did anyone else hear or read the pathetic speech by Davis a few days ago?

He explained it all to his satisfaction that, State's budget deficits were mostly due to 9/11. I find that as offensive as people trying to make a buck out of 9/11.

According to Davis, increased protection of bridges, power plants and California's attempts to fight terrorism overtime for police and Highway Patrol is to blame!!

He blamed the Federal Government demanding icreased airport security and other protective measures and leaving the state holding the bag.

I didn't realize Federal Government was paying for all these extra measures out of Federal Treasury for other states, and in the case of California not helping us a bit!!

What a joke and what a shameless lie, without a single challenge from those listening to that crap.

I am sure there are increased costs associated with our current state of affairs. Since they didn't go out and hire 5000 more cops, I can't see how the police departments can be blamed for the current hole we are in.
I didn't realize they are paying the cops a lot more because of 9/11. Most probably work the same hours, just that they get assigned different duties.

With all the increased terror watch, it is surprising they could come up with 5 officers to serve search warrants on unsuspecting Cobra owners..What a bunch of bastards who run this state.

Gas over $3.00, cigarettes over $4.00 a pack, taxes up the yan yan just to spend more money on pet projects.

Bike paths, doggie fountains in SF, welfare for illegals, education for non English speaking immigrants, DMV applications in multi languages!! Must be nice to have all those touchy feely nice nice things.

If this place was a company, instead of a state, we would have gone out of business a long time ago!!

TURK