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By JEFF NELSON
Arundel Newspapers Slate Writer
Gov. L. Douglas Wilder this week presented a bleak forecast for the coming General Assembly budget deliberations and opened the door for Assembly-initiated tax increases, new bonds and deep spending cuts.
Gov. Wilder told members oi both houses’ appropriations committees Dec. 16 that “hard choices” will face them when they consider the 1993-1994 biennial budget during the General Assembly session that begins Jan. 8. 1
The governor softened his two- ' year demand that no new taxes be passed by offering to “negotiate” taxes if bipartisan support for them is shown in the General Assembly.
“I will not seek a general tax increase for the 1992-94 budget—period. . . .If the Assembly determines, following its review of the budget, that additional revenues are needed, I am willing to participate in such discussions,” Gov. Wilder told the committees.
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