A: Not if Freddie Oakley has anything to say about it
Awesome. Now let's see whether the rest of the county registrars follow her lead.
History has been made before by itinerant middle-aged women who were willing to do time.
She says only a judge could make her hold a $300,000 special election in November
(Sacramento Bee) County officials around the state are griping about the costs of staging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election, but none has gone as far as Freddie Oakley, Yolo County's registrar.Convinced a November statewide election would waste scarce county money, she's threatening not to hold it unless ordered by a judge.
"Maybe I should just go to jail," Oakley said Wednesday. "Martha Stewart came out 30 pounds lighter and looking 10 years younger. It's not the worst thing." (emphases mine)
A special election, she said, would cost Yolo County $300,000 at a time it is already running a budget deficit. Statewide, the estimated costs are about $70 million.
"We're very concerned about the costs," Oakley said. "We furloughed employees last year. We're looking at laying off employees this year. Last year, every single one of my employees had to take two weeks' unpaid vacation - at Christmas. It was grim. Those are the folks we're asking to pay for the election, when you come right down to it."
Her point is a good one: We can't spend money that isn't there, especially when the entities that will actually pay are already impoverished and when, for crying out loud, one of the issues at hand is how we're going to balance our budget.
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