As a Californian I cannot believe we finally have a budget, more than 100 days late.  We have been  hearing about layoffs, office closings, tax rebates put on hold, and everything else that came with not having a Budget.  California has a reputation, at least in my opinion, of not getting the Budget passed on time, and there’s always an excuse.  Me, I’m sick of it.  I’m sick of waiting for that 1 vote.

Governor Schwarzenegger took his message to the Internet and Social Media Sites like Twitter as well as making a widget that showed how many days the state went without a budget. Just like President Obama used the Internet, our Governor used it effectively to inform us what was going on, and finally yesterday I broke my own rules for not getting involved in Politics, and wrote how disgusted I was with this whole mess. I wanted that last vote NOW!  There were probably a lot of others like me that were tired of this mess, and made our voices heard through Twitter.  Well last night, Thursday February 19th, we finally got a California Budget passed, now we just need it signed.

I would like to thank Sen. Abel Maldonado,  the Republican that finally stepped up to the plate and gave us the one vote we needed to save thousands of jobs, and put our great state back on tract.  I do thank the Senator, but I am still disgusted this took so long.  Next time I think instead of cutting our pay, we should cut theirs!