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To the editor:
My wife and I just returned from a business trip to New England. We happened to be in Massachusetts the day governor Michael Dukakis announced at a press conference his veto of $491 million in proposed programs included in the FY 1990 state budget.
In his opening comments, the governor bitterly attacked his state legislature (both houses are controlled by Democrats) for not submitting a balanced budget (their request is for $12.3 billion where as the governor’s own submission last January was for $13.4 billion—more than one billion higher) and for not approving a $604 million tax increase he requested in January. He accused his own administration of “miscalculations, mistakes and misinformation.”
Last year while running as a candidate for president of the United States, Governor Dukakis claimed that if elected he would focus his administration on aid to the poor, the elderly, the mentally handicapped and the homeless; on an enhanced environmental cleanup program; on more financial support for education; on a stepped-up campaign against crime, etc.
Now let’s look at some of the cuts he made in the Massachusetts budget for next year:
• $7.2 million cut in public safety programs, to include the lay-off of 70 to 100 state troopers.
• $16 million cut from environmental programs including reduc
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