The union-busting monster might be lying low, waiting for the right moment to jump into California's budget gridlock:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/07/MNLP1I5OQO.DTL
Gov. Jerry Brown's push to get the Legislature to pass a budget this week, and to call a special election in June to ask voters to approve additional taxes, sustained a serious setback Monday when five Republican senators the governor had been courting for votes said they could not support his plan.
Earlier in the day, Brown himself cast doubt on his target of getting two-thirds of the Legislature to approve his budget plan by Thursday, a goal that would allow sufficient time for a June election. At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, Brown even implored the board and the audience to pressure Republican lawmakers.
Brown said outstanding issues - including teacher seniority in schools - were holding up negotiations. He did not elaborate....
The five Republicans offered their own ideas for significant changes, including a spending cap, pension reform, changes to existing regulations, ending hiring restrictions and tax reform. They also want to keep redevelopment agencies and tax enterprise zones, which Brown has proposed eliminating.:scared:
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