Pay cuts sought in California public sector

The L.A. Daily News reports:

Last week, county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich called on the governor and state lawmakers to trim its work force and workers' salaries.

"Between 1997 and 2007, our state work force exploded by 24 percent from 719,000 to 895,000 employees," Antonovich said. "Nearly 15,000 full-time employees have an annual base salary over $100,000.

Additionally, in November 2003, there were only eight state employees making over $200,000 - today that number is well over 1,000. This reckless spending must stop."

Claiming California government has grown 80 percent over the past decade, gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is calling for a 40,000-worker reduction in the state work force and public employee pension system reforms.

You'll want to read how the Tea Party movement is getting ready to take on the government unions.