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At the October 30 SAC briefing, there was no
discussion of the Maryland Constitutional requirement for a balanced budget.
There seemed to be a recognition that programs would have to be cut, but
there was no serious discussion of what to cut. The SAC meeting audience
had a significant number of staff from the Governor's Office of Budget
and Management in attendance. Co-chairs of SAC, Senator Barbara Hoffman
(D-Baltimore) and Delegate Nancy Kopp (ID-Montgomery) both commented that
the Governor should let them know if they disagreed with the data presented
by the SAC briefing. Sen. Robert Neall (D-Anne Arundel) commented
that SAC should go beyond its statutory process of recommending a spending
level for FY 2003 and
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