"No more free food for California's state senators"

"Lawmakers decide to stop hitting up taxpayers for food when sessions run long. Instead they'll pay $2,000 a year to keep themselves fueled."

By Patrick McGreevy
Los Angeles Times
November 9, 2011
Link: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/09/local/la-me-free-food-20111109

Excerpts (see news article cited directly above):

• Under fire for spending $111,316 in taxpayer funds to feed themselves this year, state senators have decided to end the practice. 
• The Times reported Sunday that in addition to the public money the Senate has spent on food this year, taxpayers picked up the tab last year for more than $23,000 worth of meals during a 115-day budget standoff. 
• This year's expenditures were 10% more than last year's, even as lawmakers approved a 6% cut in the budget for services to Californians. 
• Lew Uhler, head of the California-based National Tax Limitation Committee, had criticized the meals spending as double dipping, because senators also get $143 per day, tax free, for expenses such as meals and lodging while they are in Sacramento.

Commentary:

• The ONLY reason why the policy has changed is because these public parasites got caught with their hands in the Cookie Jar. 
• Once again, a vigilant reporter has saved the taxpayers from being further screwed by public parasites.