Governor Ted Tax-&-Gouge-Me said Thursday that he will call the Oregon Legislature into special session April 20.
On the agenda is...
§ Plug a $140 million hole in the state human services budget
§ Find ways to help Portland schools and other struggling districts
§ Consider a bill to limit loan rates that could be charged by payday lenders
§ Impose mandatory prison terms on adults who raped or commit other sexual abuse against children under the age of 12
Chief of Staff Pat Egan, "made it clear that wiping out the human services budget deficit and helping schools are the governor's top priorities for the 2006 special session."
" Senate Democratic leaders have suggested using $45 million in increased lottery revenue to aid financially struggling schools in Portland and around the state.
They also want lawmakers to consider extending a temporary property tax in Portland to help the city's schools. A similar proposal failed to win approval in the Legislature's regular session in 2005."
hat tip to Laura for this article.
2 comments:
It would be great to find a legislator who would grandstand the illegal alien issue in this "special" session.
Knowing Oregon's political attitude about illegal aliens, the grandstanding would be in favor of the illegals, not against them. If Teddy the K, Oregon's one-term governor (and that is two terms too many) and the Teacher's Union had their way Mexican would be taught in the schools as required subject, and English would be an elective.
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