An Important Process
Rep. Fitzgerald, noting a discrepancy in what the governor and Senate Democrats on combined reporting of corporate income and franchise taxes, wondered why there are not representatives from the governor's office at the meetings lately.
"This is obvioulsy so important they're not even showing up any more," he said.
Fitzgerald, who has been ribbed at the table for saying in the first meeting that he has "all summer" to negotiate the budget, said now summer's gone, and he doesn't see any forward momentum.
"I really think we ought to start making some progress," he said.
This is the eighth meeting of the conference committee.
