As the State of California faces a $24.3 billion deficit and the threat of running out of cash by late July, the Governor has threatened to shut it all down. Even with the present situation there are some who ask, "What budget crisis?" by sponsoring some "eyebrow-raising bills" in the state Legislature (Budget or blueberries):
- Ensure that juice sold as "pomegranate" is 100 percent pomegranate.
- Instruct 9th and 10th graders about the value of organ donation.
- Ban toy cigarette lighters.
- Require day cares to serve only healthy food to children.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, a Democrat from San Francisco, is the author of the name-tag bill and another that would establish a commission to promote California's growing blueberry industry. The commission's $1.2 million annual budget would come from a surcharge on blueberries.
Maybe shutting down the state government isn't a bad thing!
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