The election of 2005 generated a great deal of interest in the Colorado Budget - there was also a great deal of mis-information about how monies are appropriated and the programs administered by the state.

The Joint Budget Committee starts meeting today - November 21st, 2005 in our process of going through every line in the budget as we set the 2006-07 appropriations. Our Budget year runs from July 1-June 30. So we are starting the process of setting the budget for the year beginning July 1, 2006.

I'm not sure exactly how these blog things work, my intention is to have discussion posts each day on a particular part of the budget. But, we'll kind of wing it for a while!

Thanks for checking out the Colorado Budget Blog - I'll be the guy doing these posts, my name is Tom Plant - I'm a State Representative from House District 13 and the Chair of the Joint Budget Committee. I promise to post as time permits.

But you know how it gets...

Be gentle. Be patient. I'll figure this out eventually.