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Governor Beshear Ticked Off

By Tony McVeigh

Frankfort, KY – Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is blasting state lawmakers for failing to produce a new state budget during the 60-day, 2010 session, which ended Thursday. Gov. Beshear says he and the people of Kentucky are "disgusted" with the inability of lawmakers to pass a budget. The governor says lawmakers decided to put their own egos and personal priorities above the needs of struggling Kentucky families.

"They passed a legislative budget to fund their own salaries, but they refused to fulfill their greatest duty - passing the people's budget that funds our classrooms, our teachers, our healthcare programs, our job creation efforts and our efforts to keep prisoners safely locked away."

Beshear wants a new budget before June and says he will call a special session in May, even if legislative leaders still don't have a budget agreement. The new biennial budget cycle begins on July 1st.