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2008-2009 Budget Update

Next year's budget is supposed to be in place by today, July 1, the beginning of a new fiscal year. The state faces a $15.2 billion deficit and it doesn’t seem as though we are going to come up with a plan to close it anytime soon."We're not going to make the deadline," Assembly Minority Leader Mike Villines declared.In part, he blamed Democrats for sticking to a plan to raise taxes -- $11 billion in the Senate and $6 billion in the Assembly -- for stalling talks. He called such figures "totally unfounded and out of touch with reality."

"We understand the budget is a compromise. Being in the minority, we understand that," Villines said. "But we're having a difficult time getting our counterparts to really change their original premise on the budget, which is, 'We need taxes. We need to continue spending in government and that's the budget that we want.'""I keep waiting for that to end so we can get to where we are seriously negotiating," he added. "We haven't gotten there."

Here are the current players and the budget references  and progress  to date.

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2008 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS BANQUET
 
On June 20th, 2008, the Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officers’Union, AFSCME Local 685, AFL-CIO, will hold its Fifth Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet. AFSCME Local 685 represents nearly 4,000 deputy probation officers in Los Angeles County, and employees in the Department of Children and Family Services. 
 
This event provides scholarships to at-risk college-bound students, honors the hard working women and men of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, as well as other law enforcement members,and recognizes community and legislative leaders. Since the inception of this event, thousands of dollars have been raised to provide our youth with scholarships to achieve their dreams.
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Save the Date

General Membership Meeting
• Thur, Aug. 14, 2008 @ 7:30 pm 
• Thur, Sept. 11, 2008 @ 7:30 pm 
• Thur, Oct. 9, 2008 @ 7:30 pm


Shop Stewards Meeting   
• Thur, July 31, 2008 @ 7:30 pm 
• Thur, Aug. 28, 2008 @ 7:30 pm 
• Thur, Sept. 25, 2008 @ 7:30 pm 
• Thur, Oct. 30, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

 

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