would the gentleman agree, for those of us who have served in State legislatures, who have served on county councils, who have dealt with budgets at the local level and the State level, that members of county councils, boards of supervisors, State legislators are used to dealing with a capital budget and an operating budget.
Discussing the experience of local and state legislators with budgeting.
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