While Gov. Brown negotiates, or well, attempts to negotiate, to get a few Republican votes to get the tax extensions on the ballot, a few folks are looking pretty concerned about whether those votes would ever be coming through.<\/p>\n
As Gov. Jerry Brown continued to negotiate with Republican legislators on his plan to extend taxes, he also has begun to weigh going it alone, sources said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
That could take two paths — forcing a special election onto the ballot through a majority vote in the Legislature, or going forward with an initiative campaign for November. The more likely route, sources said, would be with a November election rather than risking legal challenges to muscling it through on a majority vote.(CoCo Times<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Look, I’ve had my doubts since day one that any Republicans would really have the courage to buck the Grover Norquist gauntlet. And frankly, they are showing themselves to be mired in their own propaganda to see past the present political situation.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the wise thing would have been to start collecting signatures back in February, as the negotiation was really going forward, so we weren’t forced to wait for the Republicans. And perhaps an initiative possibility would have brought some Republicans closer to the dotted line.<\/p>\n
At any rate, if we go through the signature route, an election won’t happen until November, and we’ll be left with a dramatic and gaping hole in our budget until then.<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/b>: CapitolAlert points out that Brown has $4 mil in the bank, plenty to qualify a measure or two for the ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While Gov. Brown negotiates, or well, attempts to negotiate, to get a few Republican votes to get the tax extensions on the ballot, a few folks are looking pretty concerned about whether those votes would ever be coming through.<\/p>\n
As Gov. Jerry Brown continued to negotiate with Republican legislators on his plan to extend taxes, he also has begun to weigh going it alone, sources said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
That could take two paths — forcing a special election onto the ballot through a majority vote in the Legislature, or going forward with an initiative campaign for November. The more likely route, sources said, would be with a November election rather than risking legal challenges to muscling it through on a majority vote.(CoCo Times<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Look, I’ve had my doubts since day one that any Republicans would really have the courage to buck the Grover Norquist gauntlet. And frankly, they are showing themselves to be mired in their own propaganda to see past the present political situation.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the wise thing would have been to start collecting signatures back in February, as the negotiation was really going forward, so we weren’t forced to wait for the Republicans. And perhaps an initiative possibility would have brought some Republicans closer to the dotted line.<\/p>\n
At any rate, if we go through the signature route, an election won’t happen until November, and we’ll be left with a dramatic and gaping hole in our budget until then.<\/p>\n