San Diego Union Tribune Editorial

Where the money is / Government agencies have no choice but to target compensation

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.

To reconcile a $20 billion shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2010-11 budget includes plans to reduce the size of the state work force, to cut workers’ pay and to reduce the size of pensions for new hires.

As a result, it was denounced by leading Democratic strategist Steve Maviglio as an irrational “jihadâ€