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By BOB BUNNELL
Arundel NewApaprr* Stuff
RICHMONE>—Virginia Gov. John N. Dalton opened the 1981 session of the General Assembly last week by asking the legislature to give most of the state’s anticipated S183.7 million surplus to education, state employees' salaries and the deficit-ridden Medicaid program.
Speaking before a combined gathering of the Senate and House of Delegates, Dalton belabored a list of accomplishments of the first three years of his administration before discussing in ' detail his proposals for dealing with the surplus.
To the dismay of many members of the legislature but to the surprise of few. Republican Dalton made no proposal to return the surplus to taxpayers through any of several forms of tax relief that have been suggested since news of a surplus surfaced several months ago.
Instead, the Dalton “minibudget,” now going through mark-ups and hearings before the House Committee on Appropriations, calls for expenditures of $48.2 million for education, $47 million to give state employees a nine
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