House chief budget writer Jim Pitts said late Monday that he's been told by an unnamed aide to Gov. Rick Perry that the Republican governor is willing to convey publicly that he deems it OK to spend rainy-day dollars to erase a current-cycle budget deficit.
Pitts, R-Waxahachie, said he expected a Perry representative to do that at this afternoon's House Appropriations meeting but no one showed. Committee aides weren't able to reach anyone by phone in the governor's budget office, said Pitts, who held open his meeting for at least 15 minutes before finally adjourning until 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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