RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - Governor Bob McDonnell is leading another Republican submission to the "public" in public service broadcasting in Virginia.
In changes to the budget that Friday will present to the General Assembly, McDonnell requests that 2 million reduced support for public radio and television stations of the fiscal year beginning July 1.
Fiscal 2013 this Cup will double, and ending on the support of the State for public broadcasting, something the GOP tried and did not - to do for years.
The recommendation is part of $ 191 million in budgetary savings McDonnell announced in a press release on Wednesday.
Other sections, it is proposing for the second year of the biennium budget State 77.7 billion would be topping Medicaid by $ 3.5 million by prescribing more self-managed care, 24 million in bonds records low interest rates and approximately 3 million to the total of targeted reductions in the departments of social services, health, conservation and recreation.
When the 2011 legislature convenes next month, it faces budget yet more balancing just one year after legislators with the administrations of McDonnell and his Democratic predecessor, Tim Kaine, reconciled with a budget deficit of $ 4.6 billion.
Are many legislative Republicans complained about what they perceive as a liberal inclination on the public television and radio programming and argued that taxes should not subscribe to it.
"I think there are still many question that there are some liberal bias," said. Kirkland M. Cox, a teacher in secondary Government and newly elected delegates from the House Republican majority leader. "It's more than the conservatives who believe that there is a bias."
"But, more importantly, with revenues as they are, you have the argument of"is this a core function of Government, and I do not think that this is the case,"said Cox, R - Colonial Heights." I think it is time for them to fend for themselves. »
In April, the House of delegates rejected an amendment made to the budget of the State which cut McDonnell have nearly 1.7 million educational telecommunications. Another amendment flowing of nearly $ 600,000 public broadcasting by 2012 has been approved by a margin of three-vote in the House.
Announcing the end proposed in support of the State for public broadcasting, McDonnell said era output enjoys a subsidized tax advantage over its competitors is completed.
"Brief, it is good idea to have some stations with the competitive advantage of funded by taxpayer dollars." McDonnell, the decision to remove public funding of public broadcasting is driven by the fundamental need to restore the role of Government and budget accordingly, "said in a press release."
Curtis Monk, President and CEO of IDEA community stations that provide public broadcasting in Virginia, said that it is the beginning of a process long budget finally resolved at the beginning of April. Like previous efforts failed, he noted.
"In the past, people have expressed their support for public broadcasting and in the past, the legislator has responded positively," Monk said.
But he said he was "disappointed that budget reflects that public broadcasting does not provide sufficient return to the people of Virginia for the financing of the community."
Richard l. Saslaw, head of the Democratic majority in the Senate, said that he was traveling and had no time to examine the proposals of McDonnell and form an opinion of them.
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