ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposal for a 2 percent cut across the board for state agencies without specifying what the cuts will be is “a very dangerous” approach to balancing the state’s finances, a top Maryland budget analyst said Monday, but the governor’s budget secretary said the idea was to give agency leaders more time to find efficiencies.
Warren Deschenaux, the director of the Office of Policy Analysis for the Department of Legislative Services, told a panel of lawmakers he believes lawmakers should know details about the cuts as they work on finalizing the governor’s budget plan by the end of the legislative session in April.
“This is a very dangerous, in my estimation, approach to budgeting,” Deschenaux said. “It’s too easy. It doesn’t let you see what you’re doing and what the impact of what’s going to happen will be.”
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Sounds Like B. S. to me !!! Need to cut this mans job out and save 250,000.00 dollars
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of cuts at the top position that could lead to major saving and yet not affect the operations. Look at department of public safety, deputy commissioner, assistant deputies, associates all make excellent money yet all pork.
ReplyDeleteMemo to Warren Deschenaux:
ReplyDelete1. Crying towels were cut from the budget so you will have to bring your own.
2. Get out your damn cutting implements and get to work...seems you never had trouble increasing the budget by 2% so quit your moaning!
3. The only thing "dangerous" is what will happen if we keep listening to the likes of you!
If they eliminate the secretary's assistant secretary's assistant's assistant, they could save $ or 2..
ReplyDeleteHogan has given the Agencies the freedom to cut where they see fit. If they cannot find away to cut 2% then Hogan should fire them and replace with someone who can make the Agency more efficient. There is more than 2% waste in any State Agency without effecting the proficiency of the Agency.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who retired from the State, I could any Agency 10% and still not effect the operation productivity.
Managers complain because they are incompetent.
Maybe if they had being doing this all along we wouldn't be taxed to death and running a deficit budget.
ReplyDelete7:32 Way more than 2% waste. I'd guess 25%, but not be surprised if it were 50%. Inefficient workers means you have to hire more to get the job done. A private business wouldn't do that, they would demand that their employees do what they were hired to do, or they're gone. When you get to play with other people's money, you just keep throwing overpaid people at the job.
ReplyDeleteIt should be 2% every year for at least 10 years if the department heads can't do that fire them and hire someone who can.Stop playing patty cake with those a-holes and get serious.
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