Faced with the challenge of cutting $38 million in its Challenges for Change proposal, the Douglas administration finally provided a hint as to where that $38 million would be cut last week. Among the details, the administration suggested $3.4 million be cut from the Unified Economic Development Budget, which includes a number of departments and agencies such as the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Agency of Agriculture, Department of Labor and Tourism, and others. Few object to the cuts, but where those cuts must be made has rankled those most affected.
