![]() ![]() Sadly California did wind up slightly going for Nixon that year, but we are still proud of having been an early outpost on the New Frontier. Kennedy was nominated for President in California, in my hometown of Los Angeles. ![]() Last night at dinner I talked about how it was 50 years ago this summer that John F. Too many people, too many businesses, too many jobs depend on it. But even though it may FEEL like the work will never truly be finished - you have to keep going. Then you have to put out a fire somewhere else the next. Because you try and keep the economy from going over a cliff one day. ![]() And that's pretty much what it's been like dealing with the California budget crisis during this Great Recession. There is one cartoon in the book that depicts a "Crisis Clinic" - a building on fire that's also about to head over a waterfall. I think Senator Steinberg has one in his office, too. It's a collection of Far Side cartoons by Gary Larson. I think the answer may lie in a book on my desk in the State Capitol. I have been trying to balance the incongruity of receiving an award on Monday for resolving $60 billion in budget deficits and then having to go back on Tuesday and help find solutions for an additional $20 billion deficit. It is truly an honor to be here at the Kennedy Library and to join my colleagues in receiving this most prestigious of awards. ![]()
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