Kansas budget director apologizes for numbers error
AP News - Mon 09:40 PM 02/18/2013
In recent presentations to groups, Brownback has contrasted the purported $16 billion figure with lower total spending since he took office in January 2011. Spending was $14.4 billion for the fiscal 2012, which ended in June.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's budget director has apologized publicly for supplying him with an incorrect figure that led the Republican governor to make erroneous claims about his Democratic predecessor.
Budget Director Steve Anderson said in a statement Monday the mistake occurred in entering data on an internal administration spreadsheet tracking total state spending.
The error showed total state spending peaking at $16 billion during the state's 2010 fiscal year, under Democratic Gov. Mark Parkinson. The actual spending for fiscal 2010 was about $14 billion.
In recent presentations to groups, Brownback has contrasted the purported $16 billion figure with lower total spending since he took office in January 2011. Spending was $14.4 billion for the fiscal 2012, which ended in June.
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Iamgonnagetyou
Monday 18 February 2013 21:43 Report this comment
Evidently Brownback got caught lying and needed a fall guy.
DamiStac
Tuesday 19 February 2013 07:25 Report this comment
So... we should just forgive him for running a campaign and passing a law based off his lies? Oh great! If I do it, we call it fraud. If he does it, we call it politics.