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----Original Message Follows---- From: Stephen Smoller To: Rene s Mandel , Sue Bernstein CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [tmm] Budget '04 - Overrides (fwd) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:39:35 -0700 (PDT) On the other hand.....what about the legislature's override on the cuts for the court system and the override for the Mass Pike. The only reason for this b.s. was Fionneran politics. Those cuts were prudent, correct, and justified, but the legislature continued on its (read Finneran's) merry way. Both sides were correct on some, and both sides were wrong on some, but the way the legislature operates is still a disgrace and an embarrassment to this commonwealth. Steve Smoller Rene s Mandel wrote: This seems to be a dispute between the state legislature, which felt the state could afford to spend amount X and the Governor, who felt it could only afford X minus $240 million. We won't know who was right until the revenues come in for the year. But I can't say the governor's cuts were humane, or even rational: I think he just sliced and diced, looking for a campaign issue. Take MERC up at Framingham State. It provides essential information to government and businesses throughout the region, is supported by the Chamber of Commerce, etc., and its original funding legislation was introduced by one of the few Republicans in the House. Not the sort of thing you'd expect a Republican governor to take an ax to. And no doubt why that cut was overridden by something like 133-30. Rene Mandel Pct. 3 To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored). Regards, Steve Smoller "The only things you regret are the things you didn't do." "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film." "Dogs have owners...Cats have staff." --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored).
