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Blog: Breaking down the governor’s budget
Photos and story by Dana Haynes
The Oregonian’s Harry Esteve did a nice job today of explaining the complicated budget, released yesterday by Gov. John Kitzhaber. It’s in the form of questions-and-answers.
As a reminder: The governor proposes a budget for every odd-numbered year. The debate now shifts to the Legislature; namely, to the all-important, budget-writing Ways & Means Committee.
And one of the co-chairmen of this year’s Ways & Means is Sen. Richard Devlin, whose district (Tigard, Tualatin, portions of Lake Oswego) lie just west of the Sylvania Campus.
About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined PCC in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »