“The grumbling about Kasich that I hear from Ohio is that he slashed local budgets (city/municipality/county) to make his state budget work.”
How can a governor “slash” city/county budgets? Does he sit on their city councils?
How can a governor ‘slash’ city/county budgets? Does he sit on their city councils?
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A guess only... By cutting state monies being allocated to some of their programs.
Like this for example -
Social service programs, such as the health and the developmental disabilities departments, would take a hit, though Kasich said his budget protects the most vulnerable.
While state funding for education would rise slightly, schools will be hurt by the loss of federal stimulus money: $981 million in overall Recovery Act funds for Ohio dry up starting July 1.
do you see? He takes money away from programs that exist on a local level and expects the local govts to pick up the slack. Or not.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/15/news/economy/ohio_kasich_budget/