Have you noticed that California’s decline has come as it has pulled back on its investments in higher education and our infrastructure? We are now paying for naive thinking that says reduced public investments (government spending) will spur the economy. It has done exactly the opposite, with the state deteriorating. We are the homeowner who won’t fix his roof when the sun is shining and now is scrambling because winter rains have come… We must find a moderate path that fairly compensates public employees and offers a regulatory environment that makes sense. Unfortunately, political moderation is not rewarded in California. But if we want to have a vibrant California, we must have a public education system that gives every resident a chance to excel. We must invest in our infrastructure.

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by Jim Boren, The Fresno Bee.

Posted: July 12th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.