Legislator unhappy over cutting of funds for veterans cemetery
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks lawmaker is upset after Gov. Sarah Palin cut promised funding for a veterans cemetery in the Interior.
State Sen. Joe Thomas, a Democrat, says he thought the project was finally moving forward after floundering for a few years. But then the promised $250,000 was among the cuts Palin made this week.
Thomas says he appreciates the financial situation the state is in, but didn’t understand some other projects — such as warm storage buildings — which weren’t cut.
Palin’s budget director Karen Rehfeld says the governor supports the project but thought the funding could wait a year.
The state has planned to spend $250,000 a year over the next three years. That money has to be committed before the federal Veterans Administration will free up the other 90 percent of the project costs.
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