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Re: Legislators have asked for $417m so far

tangoz — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:28:40 -0500

I think RTB is pointing out the stupidity of our legislatures in the majority.

Re: Legislators have asked for $417m so far

GrayJ — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:25:50 -0500

RTB I loved the houses posts, I think it even inspired Walter Dalton's ad about Pittenger's house.

Re: Legislators have asked for $417m so far

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:29:40 -0500

I think it's interesting. They're trying to figure out how to cut $2 billion from the budget. I'm going to scrutinize everything I can find about it. So far, this is what I have.

We'll be giving the same scrutiny to the governor's proposed budget, etc., when they come out.

And I don't know what your knock is on the houses posts, which were written by our dearly departed interns. I thought they were fascinating, especially Bill Graham's.

— RTB

Re: Legislators have asked for $417m so far

dahedgehog — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:05:20 -0500

Why are you counting at all? Most of these bills are filed simply to satisfy a particular set of constituents, lobbyists, or other interest groups.

It's not like members are so deluded that they really want to spend hundreds of millions on new or expanded programs at a time when there's a multi-billion dollar hole in the budget.

This is about as silly as the series that provided voters pointless details about candidates' houses.

Are you really that bored?

Re: Legislators have asked for $417m so far

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:03:19 -0500

Of note to wonkish types playing at home: I'm not counting the smaller of the two eugenics compensation bills.

— RTB