Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the top four legislative leaders have again been meeting behind closed doors as California teeters at the brink of fiscal insolvency. Rank-and-file lawmakers, special interest groups and the public have been shut out of the bargaining process. There have been no public hearings, no chance for input — and that has some folks riled. They worry about not having time to properly scrutinize — and help shape — a blueprint expected to chart California’s fiscal course until the middle of 2010.

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by Eric Bailey, The Los Angeles Times.

Posted: February 11th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.