Budget in good shape, but Gov. Brown missed vast opportunities

SACRAMENTO — Chalk it up to a sort of political guilty pleasure. But even though my libertarian political views are vastly different from those of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, I’ve always enjoyed his philosophical ramblings and musings. He’s certainly more entertaining to write about than any other California politician in memory.
There was that time at a press conference when a reporter asked him why he was cutting spending on some social program. “Because that’s w