by Ian Hill and Jon Brooks
If you want to hear the governor of the largest state in the Union saying a word you don't normally hear out of a high government official -- not intentionally into a microphone, anyway -- well here's an audio clip from Wednesday's event announcing the state's big water plan. Go ahead, click on it...
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Whether or not you agree with his politics, you have to admit that Gov. Jerry Brown is usually good for a snappy quote.
Since at least late 2011 some Sacramento Bee reporters have been chronicling his comments using the Twitter account JerryBrownSays. Here are some of the best:
On the trigger cuts in the 2011-12 budget...
I didn't go past Alegebra II. I do not know what to think of regression analysis.
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) December 13, 2011
On the tax initiative he put on the November ballot...
Vote for the tax ... suck it in blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertla…
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) May 4, 2012
Upon arriving at the Newseum, a journalism museum in Washington, D.C....
Should this meeting be closed to the press? (asked, on iPhone 4S, to Siri) blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertla…
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) February 25, 2012
At his gloomy May budget revision announcement...
It's a pretzel palace of incredible complexity (state budget)
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) May 14, 2012
On calling his proposal to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 a year a "millionaire's tax":
Because everybody who makes $250,000 becomes a millionaire very quickly if you save. You just need four years. blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertla…
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) March 28, 2012
While criticizing the high pay of college presidents...
I have no doubt that I could be a college president, and I think a number of legislators could blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertla…
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) March 20, 2012
On government...
Everything is more complicated. We're doing a lot. And it's at a level of complexity that mere mortals often don't understand.
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) March 8, 2012
And these...
I did it once in nice weather and it wasn't that great. (On Occupy members he sees sleeping in tents in the cold.)
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) March 8, 2012
I know I'm just a politician, and you might not believe what I say.
— Jerry Brown Says (@JerryBrownSays) March 8, 2012
If you have your own faves, by all means let us know...
