Friday, February 19, 2010

Governor's Veto Forthcoming and Rightly So!

Much to the dismay of fiscal conservatives, SB 2688, passed the Senate by a vote of 26-22. I was one of the 22. This bill restored $67 million to the $458 million of budget cuts that the Governor has been forced to make because of the economic downturn. Gov. Barbour has vowed to veto the bill and I intend to sustain his veto. He needs one third of the Senate (18 of 52 senators). The veto will be sustained and we will start over. As of now, we are $458 million short for 2010, and anticipate deficits of $795 million for 2011, and $1.3 billion for 2012. Next year, when the stimulus runs out, we will have a much worse budgetary crisis. Education proponents are screaming for restorations from the 8.7% cut from this year but don't seem to realize that every dollar dedicated to FY2010 (which ends June 30) comes directly out of their FY2011 appropriation. If we do not carefully use our reserves (Healthcare Trust Fund and Rainy Day Fund), then there will be an even worse cut next year.

I cannot control or predict what any legislator will do, but I believe the Governor when he says he will veto this bill. I voted to send the bill to conference in the hopes that the House and Senate could continue to work on the bill. That was the only hope for any additional restoration to the 2010 budget, in my estimation. The political argument for education was to side with the House position but the practical argument for education was to send the bill to conference.

Senator Lee Yancey
District 20, Madison and Rankin County

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, the whims of politicians; Lee since when has practical thinking really gone on in government?

Anonymous said...

Mr. Fish, why do you keep giving this guy a platform? While his post in this case is innoquous enough, quite honestly, I've seen enough in his previous two posts to know what I need to know about him.

Kingfish said...

I want to thank him for his post. I offered him a platform because he is a legislator and like hearing what he has to say. I'd rather get a few posts from legislators than a reporter or columnist telling me what one said. I knew when he started posting some wouldn't like what he had to say but that is politics. Its all give and take and giving you more access to your legislators is always a good thing.

KaptKangaroo said...

Sheesh...I want more access to those in power, I don't want access, come on people. This is a democracy, speech is a right, it is necessary, and I for one agree with direct access to the kangaroo's mouth. At least I know he will know how we feel in a safe comfortable environment better known as the "internets". Thank you Lee and I do look forward to hearing more as I am a resident of Rankin County by way of the Outback.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Fish, why do you keep giving this guy a platform?

Then don't read his posts numbskull.

Anonymous said...

meanwhile as these fools preen and prance around the chambers, two things are about to happen:

1. MDOC will begin to turn felons loose before their sentences expire and before they are eligible for legitimate early release; and

2. The assistant district attorneys will be sent home on "furlough" and MANY of them will resign out of necessity to look for private practice jobs [which of course are very hard to find now] as they need their paychecks just like all. So, during the furlough, no prosecutions of violent criminals. And, after the furlough, who knows how many will return to the uncertainty of whether this legislature and governor will appropriate the meager amounts [compared to MDOC and eduction] necessary to keep the criminal courts open.

I guess the Circuit Judges will just have to occupy their time letting the ambulance chasers fill the time with Trial Lawyer cases.

Anonymous said...

1:41 Thanks for your helpful and practical suggestions of alternatives to improve this situation.

Anonymous said...

1:41 pm Do you actually read the paper? Or follow the news. I think MSSC ruled Barbour cannot do what you are asserting. Go read. Don't dump unfounded opinions without understanding the entire issue. And personally, if MDOC can attempt to review non-violent offenses and make recommendations to release some of them (read "Reefer Madmen") then I say go ahead. Education is a key foundation of society and your paranoid fear of crime growing any worse than it already is, frankly falls short.

If you fear the folks in jail, worry more about the newly created criminals under the laws being passed as we discuss these issues today. Be careful, you just might wake up and find your entire neighborhood running afoul of the law.

Anonymous said...

The Mississippi S.Ct. has NOT ruled on prosecutor funds, although the antiquated Const. of 1890 does place the prosecutors in the Judical Branch of government, and their ruling could be extended to cover the prosecutors.

Here is what those idiots could do: make a priority list and fund the essentials. Kinda of like what the prosecutors will have to do if laid off: pay for a roof and food first. Maybe public safety isn't the first priority with our Governor and Legislature. Instead they indulge in endless processes and exchanges and political huffing and puffing. There's no excuse for it. Thanks for the opportunity to vent at 1:41 and again this time.

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the defenders of the public education status quo. The lack of results in that arena drown out anything your words may attempt to convey here.

Anonymous said...

To 1:37, the level of discourse (ad hominem attacks, etc.) here befits a bunch of eighth graders. I won't be reading Mr. Yancey's posts any more or anyone else here. There are other blogs available with more intelligent and articulate participants.

But DO keep working at it--you'll make a SUPER guest on Jerry Springer one day.

Anonymous said...

I won't be reading Mr. Yancey's posts any more or anyone else here. There are other blogs available with more intelligent and articulate participants.

We won't miss you. You're nothing more than an anonymous nobody.

Anonymous said...

Good point, 4:25, but it leaves us with a philosophical conundrum here: If a particular anonymous whiner stops whining, how will we know?

Anonymous said...

Actually, I think 1:37 nailed it with a succinct, on-target response. I don't waste time trying to explain to my dog why we're going to the vet, and she's probably smarter than one or two whiners I've read here.

Anonymous said...

10:35 your dog going to the vet has anything to do with what?

4:15 if you know of "more intelligent" banter on another blog, might I indulge you to go there? And stay? Or offer up these so-called other blogs available with more intelligent and articulate participants so that us inarticulate boobs might evaluate your reading material right here in front of your eyes? Chicken? I dare you to put up the JFP.

And back to 1:41 thanks for the clarification you made on your original post. It is much clearer what you doth protest. I still think education is fundamental. Prosecuting violent crime is fundamental. Prosecuting property crimes is fundamental. Creating new laws that are excuses for "doing their jobs" is inexcusable. We should just stick with what we have currently on the law books, keep the legislature working on budget/appropriations only, then let them work a half session. Imagine the money we would save. And I do believe under this scenario, we could fund all of those fundamental programs to keep our society humming right along here in MS.

And to the whiners, why not propose a solution, like is presented here. Folks tend to respond critically when you ADD to the conversation.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Senator Yancey for your updates. Much appreciated!

Anonymous said...

Sometimes it's like casting pearls before swine on here.

Anonymous said...

Swim swine swim...

Do you know what that is 2:53?

KaptKangaroo said...

I agree...Pearls before Swine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlS8ZaIxkA&feature=related



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