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Brian Hubbard, chairman of the George Mason University Student. Senate and former chairman of GMU’s College Republicans, echoed Mr. Hazel’s sentiments for increased funding and spoke out against the governor he helped elect.
“I walked many a mile and drove down many a street to work for this governor’s election,” said the Russell County native. “But 1 stand here in public today to tell you he is wrong.
“He is wrong for not putting education at the top of his list of priorities. He is wrong for making higher education a partisan issue, and he is wrong for playing politics with our state’s future.”
Though Robley S. Jones, president of the Virginia Education Association, said he was pleased with much of the governor’s proposed budget, he acknowledged one substantial flaw.
“Our disappointment is with the lack of funds for salaries for school employees,” he said.
Moreover, Dorline Davidson Harvey, president of the Virginia Governmental Employees Association, estimated that state employee salaries are about 10 percent behind those in the private sector.
“We believe across-the-board structure adjustment of 5 percent in each year of the biennium will help > close the gap and place the state in a position of being able to attract and retain the most qualified individuals into state service,” she said.
As the hearing proceeded, legislators heard representatives of social services throughout the state contend that the past two years they have taken a beating financially and otherwise. **■
Clarissa Rowe, a policy analyst from Roanoke who represents,Jhe Coalition for Mentally Disabled Citizens of Virginia, said recipients will suffer from the governor’s proposed funding cuts.
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