My Spin: Is This the Best Budget Our Lawmakers Could Come Up With?
Highlights from the state budget agreed upon behind closed doors with no opportunity to amend or revise it in floor debate but approved in an up or down vote.
By Tom Campbell
It took more than a year for our legislators to agree to a state budget. The holdup can be attributed to three primary issues: pay raises, tax cuts and funding for a children’s hospital. Looking at the final 634-page document one must ask why this couldn’t have been agreed upon a year ago?
In essence, it is a ho-hum budget that isn’t going to thrill much of anyone. Let’s begin with the hold-out issues, starting with pay raises.
