Nobody expected 20 inches of snow. Things have changed. Many things have happened since the last session of the General Assembly. Much of that money came from this year's agency budgets and left the state short of cash that normally reverts to the state treasury in June. Both Dorman and Hunt said the state would just have to cope if another serious storm hits the state.
Hurricane season begins in two weeks.
We'll have to cut some things we're now trying to do. Hunt compared his proposed loan to pay the intangibles court settlement to a mortgage or car payments. It's a wise thing to do. But the proposal ran into trouble almost immediately with legislative leaders. I believe that we must find a way to pay intangibles tax refunds without issuing bonds.