krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/26/2008
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California:
Just $5 million of work is needed to complete a new California Court of Appeals building in Santa Ana. The state may not have the money, and come July judges may be writing opinions in their living rooms.
"I've been on the bench for 23 years, and I've never seen anything like this," ...
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Idiocy Comes Home To Roost
Political Animal —
... (h/t Paul Krugman ): "Just $5 million of work is needed to complete a new California Court of Appeals building in Santa Ana. The state may not have the money, and come July judges may be writing opinions in their living rooms. "I've been on the bench for 23 years, and I've never seen anything like this," said David G. Sills, the presiding justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division Three, in a telephone interview. California's worst budget crisis has held up $3.8 billion in spending on public works, possibly including the courthouse adjacent to Santa Ana City ...
Idiocy Comes Home To Roost
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... by hilzoy
Bloomberg (h/t Paul Krugman):
"Just $5 million of work is needed to complete a new California Court of Appeals building in Santa Ana. The state may not have the money, and come July judges may be writing opinions in their living rooms.
"I've been on the bench for 23 years, and I've never seen anything like this," said David G. Sills, the presiding justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division Three, in a telephone interview.
California's worst ...
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