Barbera: you are right on the button. Lots of people have made industries of state money: ultimately, if we fail to fix this, those people will go broke along with the rest of us as this deal will collapse of its own weight.

I have been here 61 years and fought like heck to keep things in check: the voters did not agree with me; I saw few complaining about this waste when there was plenty of money. Fortunately, when threatened with loss of the PFD people are now willing to talk.

Do we really want to be a welfare organization for the oil companies and WF? I hope not, because, in doing so, we will have to cut vital services to our people.