VERNOR'S LAST STATE BUDGET
PROPOSAL WILL BE A TOUGH ONE.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT HOW STATE REVENUES WENT
DOWN LATE LAST YEAR.
HIS NEW BUDGET MANTRA IS DO NO
HARM.
REPUBLICAN HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
KEN FREDETTE IS ONE OF THE FEW
LAWMAKERS GETTING A HEADS-UP
ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN.
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER,
QUITE FRANKLY, YOU'LL PROBABLY
SEE SPENDING CUTS PROPOSED,
PROBABLY REDUCTIONS IN
WORKFORCE, AND AN INCOME TAX
CUT, AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
A REALLY TOUGH BUDGET.
I SUSPECT IT WILL TAKE 5 MONTHS
AT LEAST TO GET THIS THING DONE,
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
WORK.
PAUL DEMOCRATIC HOUSE SPEAKER
: SARA GIDEON SAYS SHE LAST
SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR
THURSDAY.
>> WE'RE OPEN TO SEEING WHAT THE
GOVERNOR PRESENTS, BUT WHAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE
HAVE GOVERNMENT THAT IS WORKING
FOR PEOPLE.
WE DON'T START WITH THE SIZE OF
SOMETHING; WE START WITH THE
FUNCTION OF SOMETHING AND WHAT
PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE.
PAUL THERE ARE ALSO BURNING
: QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING
MAINE'S NEW MARIJUANA LAW.
SOME REPUBLICANS HOPE TO SLOW
THE ROLL-OUT, BUT DEMOCRATIC
SENATE MINORITY LEADER TROY
JACKSON SAYS THE VOTERS HAVE
SPOKEN.
>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE
A 12 OR 18-MONTH MORATORIUM.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DIG IN
AND CLEAR UP WHO'S GOING TO
HANDLE IT, WHAT THE COSTS ARE,
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
PAUL: HOWEVER, BOTH SPEAKER
GIDEON AND REPUBLICAN SENATE
PRESIDENT MIKE THIBODEAU THINK
MAINE MAY NEED MORE THAN 9
MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
REGULATE AND TAX LEGAL POT.
>> I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THE
OTHER SIDE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS OF WHAT
WAS PASSED AND BE WILLING TO
HAVE DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING IT.
>> I THINK BOTH OF US ARE NOT
SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
TIME, AND I AM WILLING TO LOOK
AT PUSHING THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER.
HE AND I ARE DISCUSSING THAT
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY COME TO
AN AGREEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
PAUL: THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC
MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
AFTERNOON ABOUT THE
CONTROVERSIAL STEP-DOWN STATE
PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT AT
RIVERVIEW IN AUGUSTA.
AFTER DEMOCRATS STALLED THE
PROCESS LATE LAST YEAR, THE
ADMINISTRATION STARTED PUSHING
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