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I'm traveling today.  Let me link quickly to several items. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Public defender council submits budget cuts, with concern."he state public defender council voted Wednesday to submit proposed budget cuts to Gov. Sonny Perdue, but some frustrated members said the cuts will cripple the cash-strapped agency. In the meantime, the council will study whether it can file a lawsuit against the state to preserve the defender system. Some board members expressed outrage that the agency, set up to be financially self-sufficient through collections of court fees and surcharges, must cut its budget because of lagging tax revenues. The specific reductions, expected to be made through furloughs and other savings, will be determined at the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council?s Sept...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 11, 2008 (boomark / email).