Horseplay with the budget
The House passed the budget on a 102-12 vote today. That's a tentative okay and the honorables will debate the bill again on Thursday before delivering a final verdict. The bill then heads to the Senate, which if it follows historical patters, will rework the thing pretty good before getting into final negotiations with the House.
For those following the Rockingham County horse complex saga, funding for that got trimmed back.
Rep. Nelson Cole had raided funds slated for the N.C. State Fairgrounds horse complex for the Rockingham project. He gave $900,000 of the $3.34 million he took back to the Wake County project, will keeping the rest for Rockingham.
My guess is that neither number is going to be the final amount in the budget, but both are not eligible for the final and most important draft.
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