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A St. Louis County lawmaker says it is not the governor's business to offer help to keep county parks open. |
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Wrap: After Governor Jay Nixon says he will offer state help to St. Louis County parks, St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke says it is unconstitutional to use money dedicated to state parks to fund county parks.
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| Run Time: | 00:08 |
| Description: "He can't unilaterally go around the appropriations process and promise funds that he does not have ability to appropriate." | |
Lembke says what the governor can do is to encourage the county executive to rearrange the county's priority.
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| Run Time: | 00:06 |
| Description: "You got to find efficiencies elsewhere and make cut other places in your budget so that you can fund your parks." | |
Lembke says what he is doing to the county executive office is on the behalf of the constituents who want the parks to remain open.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Mengti Xu.
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A St. Louis County lawmaker says there is no extra money in the state budget to help St. Louis County parks open. |
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| RunTime: | 0:42 |
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Wrap: Governor Jay Nixon just says he will offer state help to St. Louis parks and a state-county operation would save money.
But St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke says he questions where the money will be from.
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| Description: "I don't know where the governor is gonna get extra money for a line item that we currently don't have in our budget." | |
Lembke says they have serious challenges to set the priorities of people in spending their money in the budget process.
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| Run Time: | 00:07 |
| Description: "So we cannot start making new promises you know for responsibilities that aren't even responsibilities of the state." | |
Lembke says the state is anticipating a 500 million dollars short fall and there is no extra money for Nixon to make his promise.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Mengti Xu.