By leaving the LT Gov’s office empty, the state is saving $610,000. Pretty sweet.
Lt. Governor’s Office -$610,3000
Knowing this cost $610,000 it is going to be pretty hard going forward for anyone to make the case that we need a Lt. Governor.
Other than that, I don’t see anything surprising in this Markell budget power-point. Unless I’m missing it, no tax increases. Only cuts to balance the budget. Elderly property tax subsidy cut -$12 million. (Suck it old fart New Jersey losers!), lower debt service -$11.7 million (thanks low interest rates), and presumably nobody is going to get sued this year, -$2 in legal fees.