December 5, 2011
Sac Bee Editorial: Legislators dither and pander on pensions
Gov. Jerry Brown showed up personally to pitch his 12-point pension plan before a joint Assembly- Senate Committee on Thursday.
The rare appearance underlines the importance of pension reform for this governor. Without it, Brown told legislators, "I don't think we will have the credibility to ask the people to do other things that are very much needed."
Chief among those "other things" is a tax increase he hopes to put before voters next year. Sadly, legislators seemed unimpressed...
LINK - SacBee.com
