FLASHPOINT for Dec 03, 2007

Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 | 7:14 a.m.

So Gov. Jim Gibbons is set to sit down today with Chancellor Jim Rogers to discuss the budget cuts. My guess is it goes something like this: Rogers - "You can't do this to us, Jim. It will kill us." Gibbons - "No new taxes." Rogers - "I didn't ask you to raise taxes, Jim. I asked you not to do this, maybe tap the Rainy Day Fund. You will set us back years." Gibbons - "No new taxes." Rogers - "For God's sake, Jim, is that all you can say? What about the future of the system?" Gibbons - "No new taxes." Rogers - "OK, let me try a different approach. Jim, we need to work together on this. I don't understand how you can do this after all of the financial progress we have made." Gibbons - "No new taxes." What comes next from Rogers' mouth is unprintable.

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