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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A government cost-cutting panel has
rejected a bid by state Treasurer John Kennedy to cut all
legislative earmarks for nonprofits and other nongovernment
agencies from the budget.
The Commission on Streamlining Government, which is looking at
ways to shrink state spending, voted 8-2 against Kennedy’s idea.
Kennedy says much of the spending is a waste, and he says the
worthwhile organizations that deserve funding should contract
through state agencies to provide services, rather than request
special treatment from a legislator.
But lawmakers on the commission and Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top
budget adviser argued the existing earmark process provides
transparency by requiring the groups to fill out detailed forms
before receiving state cash and submitting to audits of their
spending.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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