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Public Defender Panel Balks on Funding

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That's the title of a report by Bill Rankin in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  LINKDefying a directive from Gov. Sonny Perdue, the state public defender council?s board on Thursday voted not to submit a budget that would cut the struggling agency?s funding by at least 6 percent. Members of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council board said further cuts would cripple the cash-strapped agency. The board also voted to ask the governor to fully fund its budget. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Perdue?s Office of Planning and Budget has directed most state agencies to submit proposed budgets with at least 6 percent cuts by Sept...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).