"So the Governor proposes cuts to those things that cause maximum pain to the public: state parks, libraries, etc." You're bringing me back here. I was a sele

"So the Governor proposes cuts to those things that cause maximum pain to the public: state parks, libraries, etc." You're bringing me back here. I was a selectman once in a small town in massachusetts, we had budget problems, put the option to a town in a vote: raise taxes or we lay off teachers. Know what we got from the taxpayers? "How DARE you threaten to lay off teachers unless we let you raise taxes". It's as if there's some giant line-item labeled WASTE somewhere, and Brown is stubbornly refusing to cut it and insisting on cutting useful things instead, in order to fulfill his liberal dream of taxing people. I'll admit that I don't know the ins and the outs of the california budget. But I'd imagine he's cutting everything except for the things he's legally not allowed to cut, and attempting to save "must-haves" like emergency response at the expense of luxuries like parks and libraries.