It has been unclear up to this point if STP-D could be restored via line item veto...but it is becoming clear to me that it can not. I think that Matt is correct in what he has said...that it will take a full out veto of the budget to give us another shot at STP-D. There MAY be some action that can be taken to increase Local Enhancements (which the governor originally proposed reducing to divert the money to roads and road-related state level enhancements) to mitigate the STP-D loss that COULD be handled via line item veto. I'm not sure that anyone is talking about that yet. Meanwhile...the feds are trying to eliminate Enhancements entirely...though I have high hopes that the huge outcry that proposition has created will prevent Enhancements from being cut. -Marjorie, BFW
At 02:48 AM 07/23/03 -0500, Matt Logan wrote: >Mark N. Shahan wrote: > >> >>2. Veto the elimination of Surface Transportation Program-Discretionary >>Funding (STP-D) from the state budget. >> > > I support the restoration of STP-D funding too, but I am not sure >this is something the Governor can line-item veto in itself, If it is >something not in the current budget how can it's presence be removed? > If that is true, the only way to restore this would be to veto the >whole budget (or perhaps just the whole transportation budget) and >encourage the legislature to put STP-D back in a resubmitted budget. > >Matt Logan >114 N Fourth St. >Madison, WI, 53704 > >_______________________________________________ >Bikies mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
