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<br />9A <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />. Sanger City Manager Jim Drinkhouse <br />. Fowler City Manager David Elias <br />. Kingsburg City Manager Don Pauley <br /> <br />Fresno media turned out to cover the event: <br /> <br />. Fresno Bee htto:/Iwww.fresnobee.comI263fstorvI758793.html <br />. KFTV- TV 21 (Univision) <br />. KGPE-TV47 (CBS) htto:ffwww.cbs47.tvfnews/localfstorv.asDx?content id=5eff1ae1- <br />70Oc-41b3-6c99-a01c61287d3a <br />. KMPH-TV 26 (Fox) <br />. KFSN- TV 30 (ABC) <br />. KSEE-TV 24 (NBC) <br />. KMJ News Radio (580 AM) <br /> <br />Future Press Events <br /> <br />Additional events are being scheduled in other cities across California. There is a press <br />conference today, Aug. 1 in Salinas. In addition, there are tentatively scheduled potential press <br />conferences in other cities including San Francisco, Modesto, Orange County, San Luis Obispo, <br />Santa Barbara, and the Inland Empire. Updates on the events will be provided through Priority <br />Focus. <br /> <br />'Board' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />Assembly Budget Chair John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) briefed the directors on the current budget <br />negotiations. Laird talked about how the Big Four (Senate Pro Tem Don Perata, Senate <br />Republican Leader Dave Cogdill, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Assembly Republican <br />Leader Mike Villines) have been meeting, but so, far a "budget architecture" has not been <br />presented. Laird said that the goal is to come up with a proposal that would balance the budget <br />into the future. <br /> <br />Jim Madaffer, League president and San Diego City Council president pro tem cut up one of the <br />"Bank of Local Government credit cards" and presented it to Assembly Member Laird to take <br />back to the Legislature. <br /> <br />The "Cut up the Card" campaign is designed to send a simple message that it is irresponsible for <br />the state to borrow to close its deficit. Board members enthusiastically pledged to bring this back <br />to their cities and engage fully in efforts to ensure that state leaders hear the message loudly. In <br />the spirit of the Boston Tea Party, council members will be holding credit card cutting ceremonies <br />in council chambers, participating in news conferences and passing resolutions. <br /> <br />Other Matters on the Agenda <br /> <br />The League's board had a full agenda of items for its July meeting induding a review of seven <br />separate initiatives targeted for the November 2008 ballot. Following presentations on a number <br />of those measures, the board decided to delay taking a final position until August or September. <br /> <br />In addition to the focus on the budget as it relates to the League's 2008 strategic priority to <br />protect funding for vital community services, the board also received updates on the other three <br />2008 priorities: support sustainable and green cities; expand infrastructure investment; and enact <br />honest and responsible eminent domain reform. <br /> <br />The board celebrated the League's recent victory in defeating Proposition 98 and passing Prop. <br />99 in June. It was a hard won success that came from the combined efforts of a well organized <br />coalition and the dedication of city staff working with the League of California Cities. <br /> <br />5 <br />