GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN'S CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET COMPROMISE DEAL DEADLINE DAY; IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WISCONSIN BUDGET CRISIS CONTROVERSY...........

After witnessing the Wisconsin State Budget stand-off of the past three weeks and the nine weeks of budget and deficit negotiations here in California between Governor Jerry Brown and the State Legislature to get an Initiative on a special election ballot for this June, to address the more than $25 billion deficit confronting the Golden State; the March 10 deadline Governor Brown set to reach a legislative compromise is here, without an agreement.  The negotiations regarding spending cuts and tax increases to arrest the deficit continue in search of the two Republican legislators votes necessary to put the Governor's Plan for Deficit Reduction, before the California electorate.  By comparison to the Wisconsin Budget Crisis and the levels of over reach and rancor that continues to underfold, even as votes are taken by the Legislature in that State; the California Budget Deficit Negotiations, have been and are, much more civilized and progressing, with the development of having 5 Republican Legislators stepping up to seriously consider a Compromise with Governor Brown and the Democrats, that will allow the voters of California a deciding voice in determining the path to resolving our crippling State Deficit woes.  Governor Scott Walker's overzealousness in Wisconsin, attempting to end Collective Bargaining as a centerpiece to the State of Wisconsin's Financial Meltdown, was more than a big step too far in addressing the realistic crisis Wisconsin is confronting.  Issues such as State Spending, Taxes, Public Officials' Salaries, Benefits, and Retirement Pensions, must all be taken under serious consideration in California, Wisconsin, and other States, with careful deliberation and fairness, not just bunched together without full consideration of the ramifications each one of the reforms entail.  I am a lifelong and firm believer in continuous political and governmental reform.  But the due process and proper timelines provided by our constitutional system of government must also be followed; and the seriousness of every one of the aforementioned areas of reform need to be considered with full focus on their merits and deficiencies before being enacted.  As these crucial needs before us continue to be addressed, may bi-partanship, fairness, and integrity, guide the deliberations and decisionmaking all elected officials and the voters make...........Fr.  Troy