Today, the Oklahoma Legislature is up and running again, and state legislators face the daunting task of planning for the next fiscal year with $1.3 billion in less revenue than they had to appropriate last year.
To make things even tougher for elected officials, the legislators must factor in the real possibility of much less revenue coming into state coffers for the next two or three years, to boot. Of course, decreasing the size of state government would not be a bad thing for taxpayers (it has already grown significantly over the past several years), but that's not the way many of the politicians at 23rd and Lincoln will think, unfortunately.
As you know, the Oklahoma Constitution mandates a balanced budget (unlike the federal budget which, by the way, the Obama Administration announces has a $1.56
trillion deficit!). Spending cuts will be in view throughout the 2010 Oklahoma legislative Session, but that doesn't mean lots of mischief can't be done or good things accomplished for Oklahoma citizens over the next 4 months.
Please plan to attend the following this week and next:
UPCOMING EVENTS
Rose Day (to promote pro-life public policy) is this
Wednesday morning, Feb. 3, 2010, at the State Capitol.
Capitol Day (to promote home education) is the following
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at the State Capitol. OCHEC is encouraging folks to turn out since two anti-home schooling bills have been introduced (HB 3099 and SB 1403).
