State Rep. Bill Adolph (R-165), Sept. 16, told the Springfield Republican Party that Gov. Tom Wolf has not budged on the state budget since March and he won’t either. 
The Pennsylvania Legislature passed a $30.179 billion budget on June 30 which was a 3.6 increase over the previous year. Wolf vetoed it as it did not include the income and sales taxes that he was demanding.
Adolph said the leadership of the GOP-controlled legislature recently offered to increase education spending by $400 million — the increase in the passed budget was $100 million — if the Gov. Wolf agreed to pension reform and the privatization of our state-owned liquor stores.
Wolf turned it down flat.
Adolph said that this was the first budget in his memory that a governor rejected in toto. Gov. Rendell merely crossed out the items with which he disagreed while signing what he wanted.
Adolph said that while 93 of the 500 school districts in Pennsylvania would receive total property taxes eliminated, Springfield and Morton residents will find themselves with a cost increase of $60 million.
