Candidates silent on budget crisis State hopefuls oppose higher taxes, say it's too early to talk about cuts 09/08/2002 By CHRISTY HOPPE and TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN - Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, afraid of alienating voters, are dodging a looming budget crisis that could mean either higher taxes or draconian budget cuts and maybe both, legislative leaders say. Democrats and Republicans say candidates are doing a disservice to voters by not spelling out how they intend to tackle the budget monster that will dominate next year's legislative session. "Everybody knows it's going to...