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re: Alabama Governor Bentley has Confederate flags removed from Capitol grounds
Posted on 6/25/15 at 8:52 am to The Spleen
Posted on 6/25/15 at 8:52 am to The Spleen
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He didn't want them to be a distraction to the bigger issue of the state legislature passing a budget later this summer when he calls a special session.
Good luck with that. We just detT with our own budget disaster here in Louisiana. The difference here though was the legislature was willing to raise tax revenue because they had the cover of everyone blaming Bobby Jindal for the budget shortfall.
I'm guessing your legislature isn't as willing to raise taxes to make up for the shortfall and I know Bentley has struggled to keep the legislature in line.
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 9:01 am to Duke
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I'm guessing your legislature isn't as willing to raise taxes to make up for the shortfall and I know Bentley has struggled to keep the legislature in line.
They're not. They're having to do the budget in a special session later this summer because they failed to pass one this past session, even though the state constitution requires the budget to be the first order of business every session.
We'll end up with some taxes raised, but it'll be on politically safe things - cigarettes, alcohol, etc.
The Poarch Creek Indians have offered a bailout on the budget shortfall in exchange for exclusive gaming rights across the state. It stinks to high heaven, but is on the table, though Bentley has said he would veto it. Lottery is also on the table, but he also said he'd veto it. It'll be an interesting showdown. I think the number is about $300 million they have to make up.
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