Spent capital dollars on operating, and then turn to voters for a refill?
Props to the TNT's Joe Turner, who has a very interesting put-the-puzzle-together post this afternoon on some of the budget ripples coming out of the statehouse. The upshot: Turner thinks that lawmakers (and the governor) may be setting their sights on pulling money out of construction accounts to prop up the operating budget, then turning to voters and asking them to authorize more taxes to fill up the account again.
Read the whole thing.
UPDATE: Lawmakers confirm that this is being discussed, although getting the money from property tax seems like a nonstarter.