2009.09.23
Another special session isn't in order
Thursday, we'll argue that Virginia lawmakers should resist the urge to call another special session of the General Assembly, this time to reverse the governor's decision to close the Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center. The closing is an unfortunate repercussion of the state's steep revenue shortfall, but the decision was the governor's to make in weighing cuts to a budget already slashed in earlier rounds of reductions that left few, in any, easy choices.
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