that the Governor reveals his plan for the next biennial budget (for the two years beginning July 1). The talk is that we can expect to be down $200 million, using the present biennium as a baseline. Many think this is overly optimistic.
We’ll post news on how the proposal affects education when we know something!
In the meantime, and rather along the same lines as our recent rant on “spokespeople”, a commenter on this article goes after the governor’s numerous and well compensated aides:
2007 PAYROLL & BENEFITS COST ~NAME & JOB TITLE
$144,026 ~Lincoln, Jane ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$138,808 ~Low, Ryan ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$131,180~Walsh, Jude ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$116,394~Riley, Patricia ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$107,879~Cashman, John ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$107,494~Mahoney, Michael ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$103,784~Sklarz-Libby, Christina ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$102,397~Plummer, Sue ~Governor’s Special Assistant$93,790~Smith, Rosemarie ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$93,761~Ende, Patrick ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$88,751~Gilbert, Mary ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$85,286~Tilberg, Karin ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$78,137~Cooney, Leighton ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$73,595~Farmer, David ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$73,045~Mullen, Lenore ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$72,687~Boucher, Lance ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$71,137~Black-Salomao, Karla ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$70,337~Arata, Kelly ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$69,948~Pelletier, Carrie ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$69,774~Hopkins, Heather ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$68,230~Saucier, Philip ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$64,744~Waterbury, Jamie ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$63,560~Leach, Joy ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$58,770~Ringel, Marianne ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$54,430~Cashman, Daniel ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$50,384~Pratt, Victoria ~Governor’s Special Assistant
$50,053~Renski, Henry~Governor’s Special Assistant
$49,961~Boucher, Joseph~Governor’s Special Assistant
Gosh, do you think there might be an issue here? Let’s see what cuts Blaine House takes in today’s proposal.