Patt Morrison for Friday, October 22, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, October 22, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:58:30

OPEN

 

 

2:06 – 2:39

50% + 1—Prop 25’s simple math that might permanently change California

Gray Davis served as the Governor of California from 1999 - 2003.  Congressman Tom McClintock was a California State Senator from 2000 – 2008.  Each of them has spent hundreds of days working on the California budget and has inside knowledge of what is gained and lost due to the 2/3rds majority required to pass a budget here in California, the dreaded supermajority.  The two have worked together on these issues, and they are together again, here, to discuss this year’s ballot measure – Proposition 25.  If passed, prop 25 would eliminate the supermajority by changing the legislative vote requirement to pass the budget and budget related legislation to a simple majority.  The proposition would help end the budget grid-lock that has made it so difficult to agree; in fact, California has managed to pass a budget on time only five times since 1989.   Would a simple-majority make it easier for politicians raise taxes and restrict constitutional rights? We take an “inside baseball” look at the 2/3rds majority – how it works and how it doesn’t.

 

Guests:

Congressman Tom McClintock (R – 4^th district), member of the CA state assembly from 1982 – 2000 and a California State Senator from 2000 – 2008

HE CALLS US

 

Governor Gray Davis, Governor of California from 1999 - 2003

HE CALLS US

 

Joel Fox, president of the Small Business Action Committee - NO on 25
IN STUDIO

 

Marty Hittleman, President of the California Federation of Teachers – Yes on 25

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

Prop 26 – what’s in a name?

It’s a tax, it’s a fee, it’s a tax, it’s a fee, it’s a tax it’s a… having a “Chinatown” moment yet? Proposition 26 would broaden the definition of “tax” to include many payments that are currently considered fees. What’s in a name? Fees don’t have to have the approval of a supermajority to pass. Yep, we are back to talking about the supermajority. Environmental groups oppose 26 saying that it will let oil, tobacco, alcohol corporations and the like get off without paying for the damages their products have on society. Proponents of 26 argue that hidden taxes are getting through disguised as fees and those fees have a direct and negative impact on businesses big and small, saying that we need to call a spade a spade. Are you voting against hidden taxes or against the environment? It is ever that simple?  

 

Guests:

Michael Shaw, legislative director for the NFIB/CA - YES on 26.
IN STUDIO

 

Lenny Goldberg, ED of California Tax Reform Association – NO on 26

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Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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