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Originally Posted by Mike P
CT is acting illegally here. Using SW license funds to close budget shortfalls in other areas is a direct violation of the Magnuson-Stevens act, and subjects the state to possible loss of some significant federal matching funds.
You guys are getting screwed and if you take it lying down, you only have yourselves to blame 
CT will not offset the loss of the federal funds with increased license revenue--you can bet your bottom dollar on it. No one from RI is going to pay $80 next year when they can fish CT with reciprocal privileges on their own RI license or even a $10 Mass non-resident license.
You can bitch and complain, or you can act---the choice is yours. |
From what I've learned this is a common tactic here - Cut the budget to Department X and then divert that $ to the general fund, regardless of what the funds were earmarked/intended for or what they were mandated to be used for. Feds need to look at how their $ is misused in CT.
Where's Baldwin when we need some insight on CT?