Can anyone run California?

The state controller says California's payroll computer program is so antiquated it would take six months to reconfigure it to change workers' pay. Sacramento Bee.

State personnel officials acknowledge the 70-year-old 10-step hiring system means it can take three years for a qualified applicant to land a state job.

No one even knows how much gasoline is burned up each year by the state's vehicle fleet.

This is apparently one tough state to run.