[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

A package of emergency spending cuts will get the Legislature on track to close this year's deficit, but tougher, more politically challenging cuts loom ahead, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Potential pitfalls includeGovernor Schwarzenegger's proposal to close a number of state parks anddeep cuts to public education, a cause dear to many suburbanRepublicans as well as Democrats.

It is somewhat amusing that some Legislative Republicans, probably having just reviewed their "talking points," would have the audacity to call repeal of the yacht tax a "tax increase," as reported by the San Diego Union Tribune. Several members of the GOPcaucus were sensible enough to make these largely wealthy folks paytheir fair share, but some just couldn't do it.

Thought the Do Not Call list was enough to maintain the quiet duringdinner? Apparently, robo political calls were exempt from the law, and they keep right on calling, according to the Chronicle. It seems silly—as one recipient noted inthe article: they usually call people who vote anyway and end up makingenemies.