Nevada, where the streets are paved with casino gold is desperate to find new revenues and they simply can't propose expanded gambling to fund the gap. Pity!
The article and pdf are worth reading in their entirety.
STATE BUDGET CRISIS: Gibbons calls for special session, releases budget-cut plans
Governor offers two proposals for bringing new revenue
CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons brought to the table two ideas for generating $80 million in new revenue when he called on Tuesday a Feb. 23 special session of the Legislature to deal with an $887 million shortfall.
The governor proposed increasing revenues from the mining industry by $50 million and allowing a Chicago company to launch a camera-based auto insurance and registration verification program that would net the state $30 million.
By forcing most state employees to work four-day workweeks at 10 hours a day and take a 10-hour unpaid furlough day per month, laying off 227 workers and cutting spending statewide by 10 percent, Gibbons hopes to keep state government operating until the end of the fiscal year: June 30, 2011.
But it wasn't enough for Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, who condemned the governor's proclamation proposals as "irresponsible, mean-spirited and calculated to win re-election." He said the proposals would cut public school spending by more than $200 million, which he called unacceptable.
"We have a week to go before the special session, and the cuts to education would have a net effect of laying off thousands of teachers," Horsford said.
It helps to remember the Governor's history --
Nevada Governor Affair Allegations: Jim Gibbons Accused By Wife Of Affair With Former Playboy Model
RENO, Nev. — First lady Dawn Gibbons accuses Gov. Jim Gibbons in divorce papers of having extramarital affairs with a former Playboy magazine model and another woman to whom he sent hundreds of text messages last year. The Republican governor has been untruthful about his "infidelity" with the two women, his estranged wife says in a divorce filing, which was unsealed Monday by a court order in Washoe County Family Court.
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