The General Assembly violated its own rules more than 100 times when it passed the budget last week. At the eleventh hour, legislators added new pork projects that had not been debated on the floor, made major changes to budget provisions, and inserted new laws into the budget bill. While some of these provisions are unquestionably pork for legislators, other insertions may even be good public policy. But to create laws in such a haphazard manner – without formal review or public debate – is a violation of the public trust.
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