Those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Emphasizes accountability and transparency in government spending.
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And we’re going to do it in a temporary basis because we’re keeping our eye on where we want to be long term.
Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.
The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.
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