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...
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...
On the tax initiative he put on the November ballot...
Upon arriving at the Newseum, a journalism museum in Washington, D.C....
At his gloomy May budget revision announcement...
On calling his proposal to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 a year a "millionaire's tax":
While criticizing the high pay of college presidents...
On government...
And these...
If you have your own faves, by all means let us know...
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