Taxes coming?

The joint-board of ed session with state lawmakers last week was quite revealing. Here's the top of the story. It's worth reading the whole story (in the paper). The comments sound like Kasha, Steve and Ed all on the same page as far as striking a balance between taxes and cuts to balance the budget. Of course Kasha and Steve have said they won't vote for any tax increases, and they are just informing people of what they think might happen. But it is interesting that Kasha predicts higher taxes. I would have bet against a tax increase when it was first proposed by Gov. Parkinson a few months ago. But he won support of some GOP moderates and now is apparently winning the debate.

Kasha and Steve also have made a good point of the state looking into selling off or renting some assets to bring in more revenue - state owned buildings, land, etc. This could be part of the mix and prevent deep cuts and a large tax increase.