Budget woes placing California into unknown territory

Since Tuesday, when Californians shrugged off Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s warning of “fiscal Armageddon” and voted down a package of budget-balancing ballot measures, everybody has wondered what the worst part of Armageddon might be. Fire station closures? Prisoner releases? Education funding cuts? Health care funding cuts? Messy public parks? The worst part of Armageddon so far seems to be the not knowing. At least that’s the part most of us can agree about.