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GOV. JERRY BROWN ORDERS 48,000 CELLPHONES CONFISCATED. New Gov. Jerry Brown today ordered the col?

By Glenn Reynolds

GOV. JERRY BROWN ORDERS 48,000 CELLPHONES CONFISCATED.

New Gov. Jerry Brown today ordered the collection and return of 48,000 state government-paid cell phones – half of those now in use – by June 1.

The Democratic governor estimated that cutting the use of cellphones by state employees in half will save the state $20 million a year.

“It is difficult for me to believe that 40 percent of all state employees must be equipped with taxpayer-funded cell phones,” Brown said in a written statement.

$28 million saved. Only a couple thousand more things like this, and California’s budget will be under control! Still it’s useful symbolism — but symbolism is only useful if it leads to substance.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 12, 2011 (boomark / email).