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June 20, 2005

"County to front bill for special election"

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent call for a special election to be held Nov. 8 to ask the people of California to make budget solution decisions, among others, for the state legislature, will cost the state $80 million, including $80,000 for Calaveras County.

The county would fund the money up front and be reimbursed in the 2006-2007 state budget year.

"Being a specially called election, it's not currently in our budget," County Clerk Karen Varni said. "We'll need to add that at final budget."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at June 20, 2005 09:42 AM