Budget Veto Trap

May 21st, 2009 by Whitney Ray
State workers, transportation groups and the NRA are asking Governor Charlie Crist to veto spending items. If Crist vetoes the spending cuts and trust fund raids education funding would suffer. As Whitney Ray tells us, the decision puts Governor Crist between a rock and a hard place.
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Because of the way lawmakers drafted the budget, education spending would have to be reduced to make up some of the difference. NRA Spokeswoman Marion Hammer, who is asking the governor to spare the conceal carry trust fund, says lawmakers set a trap for the governor.

... Read more: http://www.flanews.com/?p=5908

... Read an editorial: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090524/OPINION01/905241002/1076/OPINION?Title=Editorial-Trust-busters