Controller: IOUs signal Calif fiscal mismanagement

Jun. 26, 2009
State Controller John Chiang (chung) says thousands of Californians will be hurt and it will cost millions if the state hands out IOUs instead of payments next week. Chiang says Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers need to come up with a complete solution...
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