From today's San Francisco Chronicle, veteran muckrakers Matier and Ross report the following...
"'Think of it as the don't ask, don't tell budget,because nobody really wants to know what's in it' was how one negotiator summed up the final spending plan that popped out of the governor's office Monday night."
"Republicans don't want to know the details of how the state will slice more than $1 billion from prisons. Democrats are equally eager not to hear the gory details of what slashing and burning health and welfare programs will entail."
"And neither side is expected to say much about the accounting and borrowing tricks included in the plan."
Here's the money quote...
"As for how long the budget fix may last?"
"'Everyone knows there will have to be more adjustments down the line,' the negotiator said. 'The real goal at this point is for the budget to make it to January.'"
