For the first time
since the legislative session ended nearly two weeks ago, Governor
Martin O'Malley, Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael
Busch will meet next week to discuss a possible compromise on a state
tax bill, and a special session to take place before the end of June.
Lawmakers ended
their session last week without approving a tax increase and revenue
package. That means $512-million in spending cuts would take effect
July 1, in what Democrats call a "doomsday budget."
The meeting
scheduled for Tuesday morning, follows a letter Miller sent to O'Malley
and Busch, offering a compromise on a revenue package, as well as a plan
to shift the cost of teacher pensions from the state to county
governments.
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3 comments:
Funny thing I have noticed. When you put an article up about the county budget deliberations, you get flooded with comments adn haters, yet when an article gets posted about the state budget....people act like clams. Don't people realize how much more of your money is spent at the state level? And the amount of semingly worthless "programs" are funded at the state level? Oh well, I attribute it towards a level of intelligence and from some of the commenters that get on here, I can understand.
Actually, 10:26, the commenters on here are also the intelligent voters who realize that at the State level, if PG, Montgomery, and Balto counties want something and every other individual in the entire state votes against it, it will pass with ease. Our opinions over here don't count.
I'll say this.. O'Malley has shown himself capable of keeping Miller in his place. Miller is now playing lap dog and begging O'Malley to call them all back into session. Wasn't that long ago that he simply told everyone what he wanted done and they did it.
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