Huebsch doesn't foresee veto override attempts
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, praised Gov. Doyle for working with the Legislature through the budget process and limiting the number of vetoes, and said he doesn't expect there to be any override attempts.
"I give him a great deal of credit in working with us throughout this process to limit that number, and while there will be some we disagree on, there were some even that we requested. In the end even in the vetoes we were able to work together and resolve this process," Huebsch said.
Huebsch said he requested the liquor sampling provision be stricken from the budget. "If it is good policy, it should go through the regular process. It should come in as legislation, it should go through committee hearings, and have a stand-alone vote in the Legislature," he said.
Huebsch said he disagreed with Doyle's change in levy limits for local governments.
"The governor had told me he was going to veto this. This is one that I had hoped he would not, but I understood why he was going to do it. He believed because of the lateness of the budget he was going to give greater flexibility," Huebsch said.
While local officials now have the ability to go to a 3.86 percent increase, he said, it will be up to them if they need to go that high.
