You mean maybe it WASN'T our fault?
Didn't the House and Senate leaders tell us the public had to get out of the conference committee room so they could work their magic and get a budget worked out?
Polwatchers suggests the House now doesn't have the votes to pass the secret spending plan.
Whether they pass the budget bill or not, the very idea that their lack of progress last week was the public's fault is worthy of the harshest scorn.
posted by Kentucky Progress @ 4/01/2008 06:21:00 PM
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David:
What are you hearing about Greg Stumbo's efforts in opposition of this budget? I spoke earlier to a respected source close to the process who said he'd been hearing wild rumors about a coup from veteran house members.
The Herald Leader story I linked to quoted Stumbo as saying he would vote against it and that he didn't think it would pass.
I saw that but my source said it went beyond mere opposition and that he was actively leading the opposition.
Frankly, if they want to alleviate some of the budget woes they should put Greg in ldrship, throw open the conference committee and charge admission to the battle royal between Stumbo and Williams that would likely ensue.
I've also heard that Beshear was planning to veto the whole thing.
I just can't imagine that... can you?
Beshear won't veto the whole thing because the veto would be easily overriden. He can line item veto provisions, however, and I expect him to do just that. For example, in the judicial budget, there is a provision designating that if any layoffs that occur, the first 50 amd then 35% thereafter must take place at the judiciary's headquarters in Frnakfort. That provision will probably be vetoed as it is unconstitutional under the Kentucky Constitution's separation of powers doctrine (one branch cannot dictate the underlying operating affairs of another).
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