Brewer vetoes part of budget, blames ‘extremists’ from both parties

Brewer vetoes part of budget, blames ‘extremists’ from both parties (access required)

By Jeremy Duda - jeremy.duda@azcapitoltimes.com

Published: September 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Blaming “extremists” from both parties for holding up the budget process and threatening the state with bankruptcy, Gov. Jan Brewer on Sept. 4 signed large swaths of the budget that she said will help the state “weather the storm” until the next legislative session. But she vetoed parts of the main spending bill, including $300 million in cuts to K-12 schools and DES. She also vetoed the bill that included the equalization property tax.

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