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works for the Transportation Department said. “Whenever they mess up down in Richmond, we’re always the first ones to take the hit. This has happened before, you know. A couple years ago we were rolling in money and now they’ve (expletive deleted) it all away.”
He suggested that if Gov. Wilder wasn’t willing to increase taxes to solve the deficit problem, “At least he should use all the lottery money for it. Instead of messing with people’s lives, let them delay building all those fancy state buildings and college buildings they’re talking about.”
The Wilder plan, as Sec. Timmereck astutely noted, causes anguish practically across the board.
Local governments are particularly unhappy since they will face substantial reductions in state aid. The plan prompted the Virginia Municipal League to ask Gov. Wilder and the General Assembly to remove some of the state-mandated programs until the crisis passes and full funding to localities is restored.
And Northern Virginia legislators got together to discuss how to change the Governor’s mind about taking back $20 million that region had had been promised as a part of a political deal.
The deal came about when some
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