Budget talks — butt out!
Monday, June 30th, 2008
By Staff
'N&O blocked from budget meeting,' june 27
The General Assembly may or may not have a budget deal today. That's up in the air as of this writing. However, one thing about the legislative budget process is dead-level certain — it's largely a backroom sport. Key decisions are made in unannounced meetings, with scant public debate.
Some legislative leaders don't want the public looking in on the process, not if they can think of even a semi-plausible excuse to exclude us. On Thursday, they couldn't come up with even that much. (more…)
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