Sue has had a busy week. Thus far, book club (for which she made corn fritters) and dance practice (at which she "taught a song"). Next month's book club book is The Gathering. Not sure who it's by.
I've been entranced by Andrew Bird's Noble Beast this week. Highly recommend it. He is everything Broken Social Scene ever aspired to.
As I post-scripted yesterday, Carceri released his budget proposal: Budget includes tax cuts, uses stimulus to trim deficit. The most worrisome of the many worrisome parts (beyond the corporate tax cuts which make very little sense) is that he seems to want to spend one-time funds for ostensibly permanent needs.
"Further, there was broad concern yesterday that the governor is using temporary funding to fill ongoing budget needs."Oh and, then there's this, which I love...
"Additionally, the governor’s budget officer, Rosemary Booth Gallogly, acknowledged the governor’s use of the stimulus funds may not be legal."This Governor may be a smart guy, but he has about zero credibility as a leader. People have been waiting for this announcement like hawks outside a rabbit hole, and now this - a proposal with nothing inventive and nothing new in it, expanding the budget by 10% in one year while cutting the taxes that might help pay for such increased spending over the longer term. Here's the coup de grace...
"An estimated 110,179 filers will each pay an average of $1,261 more in income taxes, according to Carcieri’s tax study commission. The vast majority of them are individuals and couples making less than $75,000 annually, as commonly used deductions for mortgage interest and local property tax payments are replaced with a new standard deduction."
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