Editorâs note: This column by the late Rep. Kelly Flynn appeared in the Belgrade News on May 1, 2015, to mark the end of that yearâs Legislative session. Though the issues he discussed are different than those handled by the recently ended 2021 Legislature, his other themes remain timeless.
Last week, in this column, I posed the question âIs it finally time to load the skunks and all the other animals on the ark?â Yes, it is. It has not rained for forty days and forty nights, but we have been spending taxpayer money for almost 90 days and ninety nights . . . and with the final bill, taxpayers in the future will spend money for beyond the 90 days and nights despite the fact that we will show an ending fund balance of over 300 million for this biennium.