It’s going to be a long weekend
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- March
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Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County, just announced that the Senate plans to work through the weekend to meet the fast-approaching April 1 budget deadline. The GOP-controlled Senate and the Democrat-led Assembly are far away from an agreement on the 2008-09 spending plan.
“We have had very positive and productive discussions on the budget following the passage of the Senate and Assembly budgets,” Bruno said in a statement. “We believe that we can reach an agreement on a new budget that meets the needs of the people of New York State, that reduces spending below the Executive Budget and avoids any increases in broad based taxes. I’m confident that if we continue to work through the weekend, we can get an agreement in place before April 1.”
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on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am by Cara Matthews.
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So, throw a party for yourself. Bruno sounds like he just found a cure for cancer and is announcing the virgin birth. Meeting the budget deadline should be standard operating procedure, not an occasion to express wide-eyed wonder and self-congratulations. And I love his obfuscating term no “broad-based taxes.” You can bet that they will raise taxes and fees, and add thousands of NEW state workers. Then, they’ll pass the shrimp and champagne around for themselves. Time for a clean sweep.