Gov. Joe Manchin now believes that lawmakers must cut nearly $200 million from the upcoming state budget, more than twice what he earlier estimated, The Associated Press reports.
The administration blames the recession and its impact on West Virginia jobs. "But the governor continues to rule out tax hikes, layoffs or reliance on federal stimulus dollars to close the gap," AP reports.
19 March 2009
W.Va. now must cut 4.6 percent from proposed budget
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How dumb. Every governor since Boremann has vowed to reduce the number of state employees. Now that Manchin actually has the chance to do so and would be applauded by the voters for doing so, he rules it out. Selective layoffs would be very welcome to me. And getting rid of all the workers being supplied by private agencies and not actually appearing on the books as 'payroll' would be even better.
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