Friday, February 24, 2006
Special Session Part Deux?
Anybody remember all the fun the General Assembly members had two years ago, with that really long special session to get stuff done?
It looks like it's about to happen again.
I was watching the local news recently, and there was a report on how far apart the Senate and House are on transportation funding, that they may not have it done by the time the session runs out.
In fact, Del. Jack (Dick Jr.) Reid was quoted he thought it was a 50/50 chance they'd get a compromise done in time.
That's not very optimistic.
However, others say everything's fine. (there is a GREAT quote from Ward Armstrong in there)
On another note, remember that crazy non-state agency that held up the budget as well? Here we go again with that one too. The House has approved
$4.5 million for the Virginia Horse Center, while the Senate is stuck at $890,000 (a continuation of the phase-out budget agreed to two years ago). This would also include an eventual transfer of power over to the private board, meaning the big public/private partnership that this was founded on would be dissolved.
Chichester would not go forward with a budget that included $1.2 million, and in fact has seemingly made it one of his goals to get the center out of state hands. I just don't see him ponying up for that kind of coin, even if he never has to hear the words "Horse Center" again. It's simply too much for him to bear.
It looks like it's about to happen again.
I was watching the local news recently, and there was a report on how far apart the Senate and House are on transportation funding, that they may not have it done by the time the session runs out.
In fact, Del. Jack (Dick Jr.) Reid was quoted he thought it was a 50/50 chance they'd get a compromise done in time.
That's not very optimistic.
However, others say everything's fine. (there is a GREAT quote from Ward Armstrong in there)
On another note, remember that crazy non-state agency that held up the budget as well? Here we go again with that one too. The House has approved
$4.5 million for the Virginia Horse Center, while the Senate is stuck at $890,000 (a continuation of the phase-out budget agreed to two years ago). This would also include an eventual transfer of power over to the private board, meaning the big public/private partnership that this was founded on would be dissolved.
Chichester would not go forward with a budget that included $1.2 million, and in fact has seemingly made it one of his goals to get the center out of state hands. I just don't see him ponying up for that kind of coin, even if he never has to hear the words "Horse Center" again. It's simply too much for him to bear.
