"School districts across Vermont are being asked to trim a total of $23.2 million from already lean budgets....
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"Vermont governor takes heat over cut" by Lisa Rathke, Associated Press | July 22, 2010
MONTPELIER — “The administration is thumbing its nose at the constitutional separation of powers and the Legislature; that is simply bad government,’’ said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, a Democrat. “The governor signed this budget. The administration is to implement the budget and implement it entirely and not pick and choose the things they will and won’t do.’’
David Coriell, a spokesman for Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican, called the accusation “a pretty outrageous claim.’’
“The Legislature kind of wants to have their cake and eat it, too,’’ Coriell said. “They want a balanced budget, but they also want to dictate this position or that position. It’s really the responsibility of the executive to manage state government; it’s not the responsibility of the Legislature to micromanage every aspect of it.’’
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