XGR: Barbour opines

Op-Ed: Legislature heading down the wrong path | gulflive.com: "By GOV. HALEY BARBOUR /Special to The Mississippi Press - When I took office in January 2004, I was greeted with a $720 million budget hole. Years of spending more money than we took in had created a financial nightmare for the state. We had to tighten our belts and find ways to save money. We eliminated that hole in two years, and we did it without raising anybody's taxes. I have great concern that my successor will face the same situation if the Legislature approves current budget proposals without addressing our economic reality."