Fiscal conservative

Common Sense rarely comments on state and local issues, but this one is worth it. Unfortunately, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law the mid-year budget which ends on 30 June. What is unfortunate is that Perdue did not wield his line-item veto as prudently as he should have; instead of battling fellow Republicans to cut spending by some $65 million because of a softening Georgia economy, Perdue only cut a little less than $300,000. There will be some obvious shortfalls in the budget this year and as a result, most of those shortfalls will be covered by the reserved fund and not cuts in spending. This is obviously a very disappointing development. You can read more about this story at http://www.macon.com/198/story/301433.html