No bailouts for irresponsible big spenders

Tweeted this on Saturday.

It's just a matter of time til the state can't pay its bills and the politicians will ask the feds for a bailout. Too bad, the responsible states that have already started making cuts won't go along.

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Jerry reveals his inner liberal: 'If we can find some more money, we can dish it out!'

Sometimes Moonbeam can't stay on his talking points and his true self leaks out.

In a TV interview he was asked about helping Hollywood's movie industry.  Brown mentions the $19 billion deficit and fiscal austerity, then blurts out his real inner thoughts:  '"If we can find some more money, we can dish it out!"

But Jerry has been in government for 40 years.  He has no clue that the business environment - taxes, regulations - is what drives companies out of California.

Meg Whitman says her top priority for admission to state universities is taxpayers, not illegals

Glad to see Whitman is taking the side of the taxpayers.

At a campaign stop in Redding, Whitman pointed out her differences with Moonbeam when it comes to priority for admission to taxpayer-funded colleges.

She chastised Democratic rival Jerry Brown for suggesting at a recent rally that California is still wealthy enough to allow undocumented workers and their children to attend state universities if they qualify.

“Either (Brown) doesn’t recognize we’re in a budget crisis or he’s pandering for votes,” Whitman said, adding she’d give admission priority at public universities to taxpayers.

As he made clear at his speech at UCLA, Jerry Brown's top priority is undocumented workers and their children.

Brown's plan to enroll undocumented workers in state universities shows Brown really doesn't care that the state has a $19 billion deficit.   Voters are finally seeing the real Jerry Brown, and taxpayers can only hope Brown's UCLA statement will sink his election hopes.

Jerry Brown says he wants illegal immigrant students at UCLA - update: video added

This post has been updated, scroll down for the updates.

Jerry Brown told thousands of cheering college students at UCLA he wants students at UCLA whether they're illegal immigrants or not.

That is not going to go over well with California taxpayers who subsidize a UCLA education at a cost of who knows how many millions a year.

Update: AP reporter Juliet Williams was there and caught Brown's quote:

Brown also sought to appeal to the young crowd in a brief speech...

"We have enough wealth to continue to have a great university and get every kid in this school that can qualify. And when I say every young man and young woman, I mean everyone, whether they're documented or not: if they went to school, they ought to be here," Brown said to loud cheers.

Update #2:  Just checked the LA Times piece on Brown and Clinton at UCLA; nothing in the report on Brown's comments about allowing illegal immigrants into UCLA.  (One of the LA Tmes reporters was Jerry Brown booster Seema Mehta.)  Have not been able to find any mentions in the reports by CNN or any other outlets, either.

Update #3:  Here is the video:

This is grotesquely unfair to Californians who are here legally and pay taxes to keep the UC system going.  Can the Whitman campaign capitalize on Brown's recklessness?

Law firm knee-deep in Bell pension scandal donated thousands to Jerry Brown

There are so many rocks in the Bell pension scandal that haven't been looked under yet.  The latest: looks like attorneys involved in the Bell pension scandal are Jerry Brown donors.

A law firm subpoenaed by the attorney general's office in its investigation of excessive pay in a Los Angeles County city gave $5,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Jerry Brown.

Brown, a Democrat, subpoenaed tax and salary records this week from the city of Bell, along with records from its former law firm, Best, Best & Krieger.

A partner in the firm, Edward Lee, was Bell's city attorney and approved the pay, which included $1.5 million in annual pay and benefits to the city manager.

Finance reports show the firm gave Brown's campaign $5,000 in March. Two attorneys with the firm also gave Brown money: Michael Cowett contributed $500 in March and Brant Dveirin gave Brown $1,000 in April.

Brown campaign spokesman Sterling Clifford says the firm isn't accused of wrongdoing.

The Bell pension scandal is going to fuel the public anger at bloated government pensions.  And as this scandal unfolds I predict Jerry Brown and SEIU and the AFL-CIO and other people close to Brown will be exposed as enablers in the pension scandals.

New Brown video

Jerry Brown: "Trouble" from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.

Funny Jerry Brown video of the day

Did you know California state government is cosmic in its framework?  Well it is, according to Moonbeam.  Click here for latest video from What's Brown Done.

Brown tells NARAL he would increase taxpayer funding of abortion **Updated

Jerry Brown spoke at NARAL today and apparently promised more taxpayer funding for abortion:

Update: Want more evidence NARAL is on the fringes? Apparently they demand their politicians oppose parental notification and support late term abortion.

Hannity interviews Whitman

Moonbeam's strategy to cut govt spending: have lots of meetings with the politicians in Sacramento

Oh sure, this will work.

As Attorney General Jerry Brown campaigns for governor, balancing the state's budget is his top priority.


"My focus will be on the budget. As (Former President Bill) Clinton said, he said focus on the economy like a laser beam," Brown said during a meeting this afternoon with reporters and editors at The Press-Enterprise. "I am going to focus on the budget like a laser beam."


But how will Brown do that? Over the course of about an hour, Brown repeatedly stressed the need to more intensely engage lawmakers — all 120 of them.


"You need both the Republicans and the Democrats to work together. They don't work together. I'm going to make it happen if I am governor. I'm going to wear them out. I'm not going to be driving and flying all over. I'm going to be in Sacramento. I'm will be engaging them for many hours of the day, many days a week, many weeks of the month, many months of the year," Brown said.


He later talked about a "spirit of cooperation" and "burden sharing" by all in Sacramento.


"We want to, most of all, bring our state budget into balance and that takes the Republicans and the Democrats getting out of their comfort zone," he said. "It's like we have two cults up there and we're going to have to transcend that."


Brown, who held meetings well into the night as governor from 1975 to 1983, said he can envision marathon sessions with lawmakers. "I am not talking about an hour ceremonial photo op," he said.

We've had enough of politicians who talk about cutting spending.