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TAKE ACTION NOW! Remind Bill Cole, Tim Armstead and your legislators that actions speak louder than words. Their first responsibility is to West Virginia taxpayers—not out-of-state, special interests. Tell them “NO” to an expensive intermediate court we don’t need and can’t afford.
West Virginia’s financial woes continue. It is now being reported that we’re in the red for more than $350 million for this fiscal year—a deficit of nearly 10 percent. As monthly tax collections continue to fall under budget (in December alone, it was $43 million short), there’s a real chance that by June the state could be more than $500 million in the hole.
When the current state budget was approved back in March, agencies were told they needed to tighten their belts and cut their budgets by 7.5 percent. Then in October, Governor Tomblin ordered agencies to cut another 4 percent . The October cuts alone took $32.5 million from our schools , colleges and universities . Senior programs and services are being cut. Road repairs aren’t going to be made. Critical infrastructure we need to attract new businesses isn’t going to be built.
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