California's Gov. Gavin Newsom has inherited a steaming load of financial scandals from Jerry Brown regarding high-speed rail and the Oroville Dam.
Gavin Newsom is the first Democrat California governor to follow a sitting Democrat governor in over a century.
Newsom campaigned as an ally of Gov. Jerry Brown by trumpeting how Brown eight years earlier had overcome a crisis projected by the non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office to included a $6.4-billion current budget deficit, a $19-billion deficit for the following year, and another five years of $20-billion-plus deficits.
Newsom praised Brown for using tax increases and spending cuts to dig out of a severe budget crises.
Newsom was aware that the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded California its booby prize in each of the last three years as the worst state in the nation for infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
Just days after the election, the California state auditor released a devastating analysis blaming California high-speed rail for a number of state problems: "Flawed Decision Making and Poor Contract Management Have Contributed to Billions in Cost Overruns and Delays in the System's Construction."
Newsom tried to get ahead of the scandals by announcing to the California state Legislature on February 18 that he was voluntarily killing 73 percent of the system.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/california_gov_newsom_inherits_steaming_load_of_scandal_from_jerry_brown.html
Gavin Newsom is the first Democrat California governor to follow a sitting Democrat governor in over a century.
Newsom campaigned as an ally of Gov. Jerry Brown by trumpeting how Brown eight years earlier had overcome a crisis projected by the non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office to included a $6.4-billion current budget deficit, a $19-billion deficit for the following year, and another five years of $20-billion-plus deficits.
Newsom praised Brown for using tax increases and spending cuts to dig out of a severe budget crises.
Newsom was aware that the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded California its booby prize in each of the last three years as the worst state in the nation for infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
Just days after the election, the California state auditor released a devastating analysis blaming California high-speed rail for a number of state problems: "Flawed Decision Making and Poor Contract Management Have Contributed to Billions in Cost Overruns and Delays in the System's Construction."
Newsom tried to get ahead of the scandals by announcing to the California state Legislature on February 18 that he was voluntarily killing 73 percent of the system.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/02/california_gov_newsom_inherits_steaming_load_of_scandal_from_jerry_brown.html
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