California’s motorists had been paying the VLF for decades. It wasn’t until state Sen. Tom McClintock, who’s now running for Congress to replace Rep. John Doolittle in the 4th District, made it an issue, did anyone think of it as evil. So when Glantz says that the state made a de-facto decision about maintaining a great public university system, and that decision is negative, it’s not too much of a stretch to put the car tax cut in the lineup of likely suspects. But so far, there’s still far too much silence from the universities’ leaders on the choices: quality schools, colleges and parks in a state to which productive and creative people are attracted, or the no-new-tax mantra and life on the cheap.

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by Peter Schrag, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: April 23rd, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.