Reducing mandated spending though is a politically tricky balancing act for a state that doesn't have a lot of money and a governor who has gone to pains to not seek new tax increases while at the same time has a very active
labor movement opposed to more provocative changes.
We want to be able to protect what we have for ourselves and our families well into the future and that's why the
labor movement in this state is so adamantly
opposed to a constitutional convention,» Cilento said.