Assembly Democrats So Well Represented (Not)
The Sacramento Bee has reported that Democrat Assembly Speaker Karen Bass boycotted this morning’s Big 5 budget talks, and that apparently she may do so again this afternoon.
Now if Bass were skipping meetings to object to the closed Big 5 process, and demanding a more open, public process. Well, that we might applaud. But guess why Bass skipped this morning’s meeting? She skipped it because she doesn’t like some of the ideas that are being put on table to try and deal with the state’s fiscal woes.
One hears this and thinks of a little four-year old who pouts because they don’t get there way.
The reality is that Bass and her party have spent California to the brink, and then some. She could at least be enough of a mature adult to attend the discussions, make the points of her caucus known to the others, and take home relevant information to them.
Way to go, Assembly Democrats —… Read More