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to the Governor last year and it resulted in our getting yet another three percent increase.” She acknowledged that Baliles had indeed promised a budget for 1988-89 with an additional $42 million for mental health and mental retardation, “but the Governor waffles a bit on where that surplus is to go.”
The resolution request, initiated by mental health professionals and local community services boards, is an attempt to ensure that “mental health and mental retardation programs don’t fall by the wayside” with the $42 million going instead to roads and schools, she explained, adding that state officials historically respond more to petitions from local counterparts than to letterwriting campaigns from the public.
“The Governor just got one of the largest tax increases in Virginia’s history for transportation. I sure hopfe none' ' of The surplus goes for that!” said Supef'Visor Nelaon Lane. Repeating his T)ft-st&ted position that the state should provide funding for the mandates it passes down to localities, Mr. Lane said: “We’re just getting this right now, and I’m not sure I have a clear understanding of what you’re asking for. ”
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