Ottumwa Courier: Budget Battle Begins
Area Republican legislators are generally wary of Culver’s proposals. They see too much spending and too many efforts to shift income burdens from the state to local governments. Their Democrat counterparts have their own questions but are generally more receptive to the governor’s plan.
Differences between a governor’s proposed budget and the finished product are old news. Governors are required to propose a budget, legislators to pass one. But nothing in any state’s constitution says the two packages have to be anything like one another. The only rule is they must be balanced.
Sen. Minority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, doesn’t think Culver’s budget as written can get there.
“We’re still trying to analyze the budget. On the first run things don’t add up, so we hope this is a first draft,” he said.
Read the entire article on the Ottumwa Courier website.
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