When the Governor speaks to a joint session of the General Assembly in late April, you can bet it isn’t to swap Easter/Passover stories.
In fact, ‘bulo can’t remember the last time that a Governor addressed the GA so late in session before.
However, that is precisely what’s going to happen on Tuesday, April 28 at 2 p.m., according to the Governor’s office.
Since various members of the legislature have turned their noses up at various elements of the Governor’s budget-balancing plan, and since a consensus balanced budget framework has yet to emerge with about two months remaining until the start of Fiscal Year 2010, the Beast Who Slumbers expects Gov. Markell to bring a sense of urgency to the occasion. He also wouldn’t be surprised if Markell puts the heat on the General Assembly to either accept the basics of his proposal or to come up with something that he could accept that eliminates the projected deficit.
Remember, kids, the Delaware General Assembly must by law enact a balanced budget every year. They should not have the luxury of grandstanding over what they don’t like unless they find and propose suitable alternatives. And ‘bulo believes that the Governor should call them out on it. Tuesday should be interesting.