Arguing Against Proposal One
October 17th, 2005
Opponents continue to form their case against Proposal One, an amendment to the state constitution that would change the way the budget is formed. (The Daily News is going through its
top ten reasons to vote down the measure).
In today’s New York Post, Diana Fortuna of the Citizens Budget Commission explains why she thinks Proposal One is a bad idea, calling it a power move by the state legislature that ignores serious problems like the state’s failure to balance its budgets and its “enormous appetite for debt.”
She also finds it ironic that this measure is on the ballot following the first on time budget in two decades:
“The budget was on time because voters in last year’s legislative elections expressed clear outrage at the state’s miserable record of missed deadlines,” writes Fortuna. “In other words, all it took to get a budget brought in on time was political will — not a constitutional amendment.”
She worries that this amendment will fool voters into thinking they’ve gotten reform — and temper the outrage that could lead to real change.
By Joshua Brustein on October 17, 2005, 8:11 amIn category: Public Finance | No Comments »

