Governor Lynch's shortfall inducing budget? *WITH EDIT*by: nonverbalcomaThu Mar 12, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM EDT |
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I'm shocked that nobody has peeped a word of Governor Lynch's budget on this website. While fully funding schools he has balanced his budget by withholding revenue sharing to the cities and towns. The result is chaos with municipal employees. Cities are largely unwilling to increase property taxes to make up for the shortfall, so they're talking massive layoffs of Fire, Police and Public works employees.
As a firefighter that is part of PFFNH, the state fire union that backed Lynch hard, I'm wholly disappointed at what he's created. |
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EDITLook, this diary obviously did not come across the way it was intended.
I'm certainly not politically savvy. But there may be some unintended consequences with this budget. I have been a supporter of Gov Lynch and supported him in 08. At the moment, for me, politics is local. It's difficult to stay involved in the national outlook. Obama is in and he has my full confidence. I have to deal with some local issues right now and feel a bit of a disconnect with the state. I am fearful of being abandoned over here in the western part of the state, especially with a man like Santagate ruffling feathers. Please consider this an apology. |