Monday, March 2, 2009

A good sign?

CA .gov reform (http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap2-2009mar02,0,4809431.column?track=rss)?

The Assembly has a new committee called the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee aimed at improving the performance of the state government. This is the first official move by the legislature to go after waste--and I applaud their effort. The dems have gotten on board admitting there is waste, abuse, and such in California that needs to be tackled. Republicans have been advocating such an effort for years. But they're perpetually the minority party and thus their ideas are not taken as seriously. The chairman of the new committee (De La Torre) said of the project, "I'm a cheap progressive."

2 comments:

  1. I am not sure how more oversight and more committees will provide and benifit to the state? How will the committe be funded? That money is another cost to the people.

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  2. well if the cost-cutting (i.e. dollars saved) outweighs the minimal cost of the committee than I am in favor.

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