Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot were fuming Wednesday that the General Assembly undid their decision to allow school systems to spend state tax money on portable air conditioners.
Speaking
at a meeting of the Board of Public Works, Franchot also criticized the
General Assembly over language in a budget bill that puts an end to the
annual "beg-a-thon," in which local school superintendents appear
before the board to ask for more construction money.
Hogan said the provisions were major reasons he decided not to sign
the capital budget bill, where lawmakers made both changes. The bill
will become law without his signature.
"It's one of the most absurd and ridiculous things I've ever seen the legislature do," Hogan said.
The
provisions were adopted by a House-Senate conference committee that met
last week to resolve differences between the two chambers' versions of
the state's annual budget for construction projects.
Franchot complained that neither measure was aired in hearings during
the legislature's 90-day session and weren't in earlier versions of the
bill. He suggested the move was made in the dark and was a shot at him
and Hogan.
"I think it's a bizarre use of the conference
committee," Franchot said. "I don't know who put that language in.
Nobody's raised their hand and said, 'I did it.'"...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-schools-construction-20160406-story.html
So glad Gov. Hogan did not sign off on this egregious budget. I hope those who voted for Aruna Miller think twice next election season. This will not be forgotten, how cruel she is and how she took a stand against the children of Maryland.
ReplyDelete"I don't know who put that language in. Nobody's raised their hand and said, 'I did it.'"...
ReplyDeleteThis is a universal comment that applies to every bill that they process.