Blogriculture provides this link to Shasta County Supervisor Less Baugh's open letter. Here are some excerpts from the letter:
...Two years ago, we looked ahead and could clearly see that there were financial challenges on the horizon. We reduced our county work force by nearly 200 positions through a soft hiring freeze and by attrition. Anticipating shortages from the state and decreased revenue, we asked all departments to further reduce expenses by 10 percent...
While we were carefully limiting expenses and reducing our workforce, you were still discussing ways to spend even more money and increase your workforce. While we used our limited resources wisely and planned for the future, you ignored the obvious and continued spending and borrowing from our future...
What we cannot handle is your decision to take $6.3 million dollars right out of our bank account. You might as well hand us a lead life vest! You call it borrowing. You say that we (Shasta County) will be partially repaid with interest. I call it stealing. You don't have the ability to pay your bills now and I don't believe you will have the ability to repay this loan with interest. Meanwhile, Shasta County and all counties will be forced to pay the ultimate price for your mismanagement. So what do I want Governor? I want the Shasta County District Attorney to issue a warrant for your arrest. After all, grand theft is a crime...
We are working diligently to do our job, Governor. Man up and do yours...
I think he just called Arnold a Girly Boy.
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