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District, leader of the Democratic “majority” said the issue might not be resolved Wednesday. “We Ml try to work around that,” he said of Sen. Goode’s threat, “We always tty to be fair.”
Sen. Saslaw said major needs in the Commonwealth fo?education and transportation will go unmet without a tax increase. He added that the current political climate makes a tax increase impossible. The only hope, he said, is that the economy picks up steam generating increased tax ' revenues. However, he noted that the current upswing is about due to be reversed.
Sen. Saslaw^ criticized Gov. George Allen’s budget increases for education for relying too much on spending that is only available onetime, such as funds from the Trigon settlement and selling state property.
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