3/31/2018
To: Representative Bryce Edgmon, Speaker of the House,
District 37
Re. Questions About Your Presser Comments On 3/28/2018
PART 2/3…
You also alluded to previous votes
on the PFD allocation in the Operating Budget... votes that You concurred with
as a member of the previous house majority.
This leads to our next comment on your statement about the need for a
‘balanced approach’. Mr. Speaker, a
balanced approach must also include cutting revenue demand and not voting
unconstitutionally to spend money that Alaska does not have. We provided millions upon millions of dollars
in cuts to the previous and present majority coalitions only to be ignored,
demeaned and deleted. Yes, Representative
Edgmon, you are 100% correct in saying that you “don’t know what the voters want.”
Did you know that over 5000 people have signed a petition
asking that SJR1/HJR34 be put to the public for consideration, numerous polls
conducted by legislators and citizen groups have been forwarded to the
legislature and untold numbers of testimonies submitted that have encouraged
budget cuts… all obviously to no avail.
One thing that’s become beyond obvious is that the Alaska State
Legislature is operating in an unconstitutional manner by incurring debt upon
our future income for perpetual wasteful expenditures.
Constitutional
Reminders:
Article IX - § 8. State
Debt
No state debt shall be contracted unless authorized by law for
capital improvements or unless authorized by law for housing loans for
veterans, and ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the State who
vote on the question. The State may, as provided by law and without
ratification, contract debt for the purpose of repelling invasion, suppressing
insurrection, defending the State in war, meeting natural disasters, or
redeeming indebtedness outstanding at the time this constitution becomes
effective.
§ 12. Budget
The governor shall submit to the legislature, at a time fixed by
law, a budget for the next fiscal year setting forth all proposed expenditures
and anticipated income of all departments, offices, and agencies of the State.
The governor, at the same time, shall submit a general appropriation bill to
authorize the proposed expenditures, and a bill or bills covering
recommendations in the budget for new or additional revenues.
§ 13. Expenditures
No money shall be withdrawn from the treasury except in
accordance with appropriations made by law. No obligation for the payment of
money shall be incurred except as authorized by law. Unobligated appropriations
outstanding at the end of the period of time specified by law shall be void.
How many of the deficit budgets over the last decade have
you voted for?
How many credits to outside and foreign companies did you
vote for that Alaska is now indebted to?
Thanks,
Jon Corbett, Dillingham Alaska
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