Property tax relief, prison construction and the biennial budget

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Last week we began debate on the budget bills. Our only constitutional responsibility as a Legislature is to pass a biennial budget. It’s been a while but we actually have more money than was projected which makes it easier and also a bit harder to create a budget. When we are low on money it is easier to just say no to anything that requires extra money. When we have extra money it can be difficult to decide what should take priority. Just because we have more this year, doesn’t mean that during the next budget cycle we will be in the same situation and then we would have to cut a program that was just created. Although, any money that can go towards property tax relief in a sensible manner is something that has been a priority of mine and I will continue to support it.

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