As Iowa grapples with the Reynolds Budget Crisis, Governor Reynolds tells towns and schools they’re on their own to tighten their belts and solve her shortfall
In her press conference today, Governor Reynolds callously told cash-strapped local towns and schools across Iowa that they’re on the hook to clean up her budgetary mess.
When asked about the Reynolds Budget Crisis’ impact on Iowa towns and schools who stand to lose millions of promised dollars needed to fund local services, Reynolds told these municipalities and school districts to tighten their own belts by slashing services.
Instead of taking responsibility for the devastating budgetary impact of her giveaway to special interests, Governor Reynolds said that Iowa towns need to “look for efficiencies in providing services. We’ve done that at the state level, so it’s incumbent upon them to do the same thing.”
Towns across the state have made clear that they will either have to cut services or raise taxes to pay for the shortfall caused by the Reynolds Budget Crisis.
Similarly, when schools lost a good deal of the funding they were promised earlier this year due to the Reynolds Budget Crisis, Governor Reynolds told them that they were “very fortunate” to receive the money they did, and did not rule out further cuts.
“Once again, Governor Reynolds is sticking by special interests and telling Iowans to foot the bill,” said Iowa Democratic Party Executive Director Kevin Geiken. “It’s her job as governor to manage the budget so that the State doesn’t bankrupt our cities and schools; it’s her job to bring solutions to the table. Instead, Reynolds tells the people of Iowa that we need to slash the local schools and services we depend on while she doles out big special interest tax giveaways.”