June 26, 2007
Thanks, Kinky!
No way that Governor 39% could wreck Texas community colleges without your help!
The governor used his line-item veto power to eliminate health-insurance funding for community college employees. Then he accused all 50 community college systems in the state of falsifying health insurance data in an attempt to give employees benefits to which they were not entitled. The state has paid the health insurance benefits for community college employees for decades.
The 80th session of the Texas Legislature held hearings on this issue and recommended a state budget that maintained community college benefits so our institutions can continue to attract and keep the best possible faculty and staff.
How could the governor act like he's just "discovered" a serious misappropriation of state funds? How could he characterize the health benefits that thousands of loyal community college employees have earned for years as "pork?"
Adding another insult to injury, the veto came after the legislative session was over, so there's no opportunity for legislators to overrule the governor's stroke of the red pen. Community colleges must live with this for at least two years.
Posted by mayor mcsleaze at June 26, 2007 10:31 AM
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Dont forget to thank the fucking 9% of the idiots who actually voted for him.
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at June 26, 2007 12:08 PM
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