Comments on: Changing the Budget Year http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/ The Virginia General Assembly from the perspective of 7 West. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Steven http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:23:36 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/#comment-91 Kris, I just read a diary over at RK that said this didn’t get fixed – do you know why not?

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By: Kris Amundson http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:21:17 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/#comment-83 Actually, I am remiss in not noting that this was Sen. Cuccinelli’s bill. (I did so on Vivian’s site.) Doug, you’re probably right about the issues related to election-year budgeteering. I must say this is one issue I can argue either way.

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By: Doug in Mount Vernon http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:56:54 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/#comment-82 Interesting discussion. I’d need to learn more about the process to fully understand the impact enough to have an opinion.

But one initial thought—is it really healthy for the priorities of Virginia to have legislators voting on the budget in election year? Then again, a vote on a budget can be used either way anytime after the vote. But still, the idea of election year budget votes makes me think of too much political consideration in budgeting and not enough setting valid priorities and funding consideration.

Just an initial thought, mind you.

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By: Joe http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:27:18 +0000 http://www.7-west.org/2006/08/24/changing-the-budget-year/#comment-80 Senator Cuccinelli had a bill to do just this in 2005 and it passed the Senate 40-0. However, it was left in Approps in the House. The bill makes sense to me and I think it should be enacted in the future.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+sum+SB871

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