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# Letter: Ron Lowe blames Tom McClintock and Republicans for California's budget crisis
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/081707-story-20070817/
- Published: 2007-08-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:35:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

For those who like their news short and simple, here in 13 words is the cause of California’s current budget crisis: Tom McClintock and his posse of Republicans have bushwacked the state budget again.

End of story!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 17, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081707.pdf?ref=smdp.com)