BOND DEALS STRUCK BUT FATE UNCERTAIN.Byline: Harrison Harrison, town (1990 pop. 13,425), Hudson co., NE N.J., an industrial suburb on the Passaic River opposite Newark; inc. 1869. The town has several foundries. Its manufactures include plastics, paperboard, and metal products. Sheppard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] and legislative leaders reached a deal late Wednesday to place a reduced schools and levees bond package on the June ballot, but its status remained in doubt as a midnight deadline passed without full approval. The state Assembly approved a $10 billion education bond on a 60-9 vote and sent it to the Senate, but the Senate adjourned before taking up the measure, leaving its status uncertain. The Senate approved a levee levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. bond package before adjourning. The state printer had set the deadline as midnight Wednesday, saying any later than that and it could not guarantee that it could print and mail 15 million ballots in seven different languages on time. The deal reached called for a package of $10 billion in education bonds and $4 billion in levee bonds on the June ballot, with another $9 billion in education bonds slated for 2008. Additionally, the governor and legislative leaders are expected to soon return to negotiations to get additional elements into a bond for the November ballot this year. ``The measure which I am presenting to you today, Senate Bill 69, is an historic school construction bill which invests in our children,'' Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuez, D-Los Angeles, told lawmakers. The deal came together after a week of intense negotiations, well past the official deadline for placing a measure on the ballot. The deadline had been Friday, but lawmakers were told they could extend the deadline by a few days with a two-thirds vote to shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. the public display period for the ballot pamphlet pamphlet, short unbound or paper-bound book of from 64 to 96 pages. The pamphlet gained popularity as an instrument of religious or political controversy, giving the author and reader full benefit of freedom of the press. . As the Assembly continued meeting late into the night, some Republicans complained about not having enough time to review the details of the multibillion dollar plan. ``The children will be just as well-served having this on the November ballot as they will having it on the June ballot,'' said Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Ray Haynes Raymond Neal Haynes, Jr. is a Republican politician from the state of California. After Haynes graduated from University of Southern California Law School, he moved to Moreno Valley and practiced law in Riverside. He stated a solo law practice in 1988. , R-Temecula. Harrison Sheppard, (916) 446-6723 harrison.sheppard(at)dailynews.com |
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