Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 4:37:24 GMT -6
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Thursday he’s frustrated that, with the legislative session half over, West Virginia lawmakers have made no move to address major budget deficits totaling $820 million or to come up with a balanced budget bill for 2016-17.
“During my tenure here, I’ve always tried to be fiscally responsible and do what’s right for the state, and for the people of the state,” Tomblin, a former Senate Finance Committee chairman, told the Gazette-Mail.
Tomblin said he has proposed a “responsible, balanced budget” that makes $170 million of tolerable cuts to agency budgets, while closing budget gaps with reasonable revenue enhancements, including a small increase in the state’s tobacco tax and eliminating what he described as West Virginia’s exemption on sales taxes on telecommunications.
“I’m a little frustrated none of these bills are being talked about right now, halfway through the session,” Tomblin said.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160211/tomblin-frustrated-by-lack-of-movement-on-wv-budget
“During my tenure here, I’ve always tried to be fiscally responsible and do what’s right for the state, and for the people of the state,” Tomblin, a former Senate Finance Committee chairman, told the Gazette-Mail.
Tomblin said he has proposed a “responsible, balanced budget” that makes $170 million of tolerable cuts to agency budgets, while closing budget gaps with reasonable revenue enhancements, including a small increase in the state’s tobacco tax and eliminating what he described as West Virginia’s exemption on sales taxes on telecommunications.
“I’m a little frustrated none of these bills are being talked about right now, halfway through the session,” Tomblin said.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160211/tomblin-frustrated-by-lack-of-movement-on-wv-budget