re: #13 eschew_obfuscation

Hi all you Hopen Honcos!

Done your taxes yet? Ya might want to consider decreasing your expemtions ….. The “O” is gonna need the money.

Judge says Schwarzenegger can furlough workers
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A judge has sided with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his bid to save money by forcing state workers to take days off without pay.

The two-day-a-month furloughs are scheduled to start next week.

Two state employee unions had challenged Schwarzenegger’s executive order, saying he did not have authority to order furloughs on his own. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge disagreed.

He also cited the state’s financial condition. California will be forced to make billions of dollars in cuts to close a deficit projected to hit $42 billion through June 2010.

In his temporary order Thursday, Judge Patrick Marlette said: “The current circumstances constitute an emergency.”

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