Hilarity is the Governor's office complaining about a lack of openness from government officials:
Daugaard’s budget chief, Jason Dilges, wasn’t too happy with this burst of optimism from the appropriators.
“It looks like to me there’s … a desire to try and have the revenue estimates be higher and spend money,” he said Monday evening.
Dilges also complained that “none of the legislators have been forthcoming with me” about some of their spending plans [David Montgomery, "Contra Daugaard, Legislators Set Optimistic Budget Projections," Political Smokeout, 2014.03.11].
You awful legislators! How dare you not inform Governor Daugaard of the full extent of your optimism! You should all immediately compile dossiers laying out your plans and submit them to the Governor... with a bill for $46.02 an hour.
Division within the Republican Party?
Nick, might there simply be some Republican legislators who are more worried about tight November races than the Governor?
Has SoDak received any disaster payments for last October's cattle losses? Seems like optimism for ag related revenues is pretty high with all those cattle being lost. One pol said relief donations and disaster payments would help fill the gap. Not if you don't get them they won't.
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"I can tell I'm just not going to be able to convince you that my view is correct," Gosch tells Vehle on local control vs. state control.