Word: budgeteers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...faculty and students--and promised to do more to get a Black Studies department established. But Wisconsin is not a tightly organized private university; all the black changes require the approval of several of the school's various faculties and ultimately the Wisconsin state legislature which approves the final budget each year...
...first to admit that it mattered a great deal politically. "He has no right," he objected, "to keep it in the state treasury just so he'll look good as a tax cutter in an election year." He hinted that Democrats might tie up passage of the budget in the Assembly unless it is more to their liking. Since 13 Democratic votes are needed for passage, that was no empty threat...
...prodigal spending of his predecessor, Pat Brown, but no amount of apologizing could gainsay the fact that he had run on a pledge to keep the cost of government down. Instead, it has gone steadily up; next year's spending will increase 3.9% to $6.2 billion (though the budget will be smaller than that of less populous New York...
...year-old Allen skillfully ran the state's labyrinthine school system as an independent duchy that critics and supporters alike called "the fourth branch of government." Allen, who controlled schooling from pre-kindergarten through college, raised education expenditures to 40% of the state's $5.4 billion budget and led the fight against Northern de facto segregation. There is no doubt that he plans to exercise equal influence as the nation's top educational official. In his first statement after his appointment, Allen urged "a massive attack on the education needs of the disadvantaged and the ghetto residents...
...massive federal spending of up to $1 billion a year to save city schools. Even if he can pry that kind of money out of Congress, Allen is not likely to find much agreement on just how it is to be used. But bets are that whatever his eventual budget, James Allen will wind up spending the money...