November 17, 2009
Judge hears challenge to California furloughs
Lawyers representing unions and a few government agencies pounded away at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furlough policy for nearly five hours in Alameda Superior Court on Monday.
They argued the policy is illegally harming the government, that it's an executive overreach, a violation of minimum wage laws and irrational because it applies to nearly all state workers – even those whose pay reduction doesn't directly help California's deficit-ridden general fund.
"The Terminator can sweep the machine guns and count the bodies, friend or foe, later," said Harvey Liederman, who was representing the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System…
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