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governor told the lawmakers, "‘Mastery of our, future requires more, however; it requires increased access to government for all of our citizens. Hard times offer no license to retreat from our commitment to equal opportunity and social justice for all Virginians. Mastery of our future also requires recognition of Virginia’s constitutional mandate to protect our land, air and water for the common benefit. And we will honor that mandate.”
Concerned citizens of the Commonwealth are entitled to ask just when and how all this will be done.
At an entirely different level, Virginians are also justified in questioning the budget projections.
With even Reagan administration experts^ now saying the national economy will remain sluggish for another 12 months, what will generate the projected explosive growth of Virginia’s economy in the second quarter of the year?
A high administration official admitted to me he was “skeptical” of the projection. Yet if it is wrong, the budget will remain in the red, and we will be back on square one with respect to the deficit. • Gov. Robb closed '"his speech with the words, “Upon our course, surely charted and firmly marked, we now embark in a spirit of calculated hope.”
An intriguing phrase, “calculated hope.” It probably sums up the realistic level of our expectations.
The Governor has drawn an admirable set of blueprints for the year ahead.
Virginians are indeed entitled to at least the calculated hope that the structure built by following these blueprints will be equally impressive. '
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