Legislature Adjourns Without Education Budget
Same as it ever was. The legislature failed to pass an education budget. The governor waited till the last minute to veto a portion of the general fund budget passed the first week of May, leaving no time for an override vote. So we go to special session, yet again.
No vote on the grocery tax reduction, no freeing of the hops, no ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers.
*sigh*
ETA: Loretta Nall has started a new blog, Alabama Legislative Outtakes, and she will have audio of the final day up soon. It will likely be painful to hear, but we do need to know how our legislators waste spend their time and our money.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
For what purpose do we, the citizens, employ these people?
May 20th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Demetrius Newton (Pro Tem of the House, I think) was on WBHM tonight and said that the House passed the budget its third legislative day, sent a lot of legislation to the Senate and he didn’t want people blaming “the Legislature” when it was the Senate that was holding things up. He might have a point.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Jabo Waggoner said something similar, although his statement was couched in his typical “blame the Democrats (and Paul Hubbert)” language.