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February 11, 2013<br />
wingspan.lccc.wy.edu<br />
¾ From Security, Page 7<br />
Jan. 25<br />
Found property<br />
A credit card was turned<br />
in to Campus Safety, who was<br />
unable to contact the owner, so<br />
the issuing credit union advised<br />
to destroy credit card because it<br />
was already reported lost.<br />
Jan. 25<br />
Found property<br />
A multicolored clutch purse<br />
was turned in to Campus Safety.<br />
The owner was identified from<br />
information found inside the<br />
purse. Campus Safety attempted<br />
to contact the owner, but the<br />
phone number found in the<br />
purse was unused. The owner<br />
was never contacted.<br />
Jan. 28<br />
Found property<br />
A custodian reported finding<br />
a brown wallet in a Fine Arts<br />
Building classroom. The owner<br />
was identified from information<br />
found in the wallet. The owner<br />
was contacted, and the wallet<br />
was returned.<br />
Jan. 30<br />
Vehicle accident<br />
In Parking Lot B, there was an<br />
anonymous report that a blue<br />
Nissan backed into a tan Nissan,<br />
causing damage to the rear<br />
bumper of the tan Nissan. The<br />
owners were contacted, and they<br />
exchanged names, addressed<br />
and insurance information.<br />
news Wingspan 13<br />
Governor addresses<br />
legislative concerns<br />
By Jennifer Stogsdill<br />
Co-editor<br />
Wyoming’s governor<br />
expressed the importance of<br />
keeping young people in the<br />
state at a news conference Jan.<br />
28.<br />
“We are a stable state,<br />
and we should act like one,”<br />
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead<br />
said. He said Wyoming has a<br />
good opportunity to diversify<br />
its economy especially with<br />
technology. Mead also said<br />
lawmakers need to work to<br />
keep young people working in<br />
Wyoming.<br />
Budget cuts, education,<br />
gay marriage and Medicare<br />
were some of the other topics<br />
brought up during a news<br />
conference with Mead at the<br />
Wyoming Press Association<br />
convention.<br />
Mead began by outlining<br />
the main topics and updates<br />
of the Legislature, after which<br />
he took questions from a room<br />
of newspaper representatives<br />
from around the state.<br />
Mead discussed mostly the<br />
budget for this session and<br />
where cuts were made and<br />
why. Mead said Wyoming has<br />
a tradition of being fiscally<br />
conservative. He said he didn’t<br />
want just to make cuts right<br />
off the top; he wanted to take<br />
a closer look at the 6.5 percent<br />
average cut. Mead also said<br />
cuts shouldn’t be looked at<br />
separately from revenue and<br />
the budget should be built on<br />
what is anticipated. He said<br />
the budget should be based on<br />
what the state has. He added<br />
the government can spend<br />
the money it has, but the state<br />
needs basic infrastructure.<br />
Mead said there is always<br />
a need for water, roads<br />
and power, and Wyoming<br />
must have a plan for adding<br />
transportation construction.<br />
He also said lawmakers are<br />
working on making cuts at<br />
the Wyoming Department of<br />
Transportation, but officials<br />
cannot continually cut the<br />
same item over and over.<br />
“If we have an issue, we<br />
should take care of it,” Mead<br />
said.<br />
Mead also said the cuts in<br />
the budget he decided were<br />
the best for the state because<br />
if the cuts do not happen now,<br />
then future cuts will be much<br />
worse.<br />
Mead also talked about<br />
the state’s savings. Mead said<br />
he would like to build up the<br />
“rainy day” fund to about $3<br />
billion.<br />
Mead said if the state<br />
invests now, there will be a<br />
possibility of 100 percent<br />
reimbursement. But as time<br />
goes on and it waits, there will<br />
be less reimbursement for the<br />
state. Mead said he asked the<br />
Legislature to look closer at the<br />
budget for a year and to allow<br />
flexibility.<br />
Mead also discussed the<br />
fuel taxes as one of the ways<br />
the state may address needs<br />
for transportation construction.<br />
He said, “No one likes<br />
taxes,” but the state needs to<br />
take a look at who pays the<br />
bills. He said the residents of<br />
Wyoming are not paying for<br />
services, and they need to<br />
recognize who is paying.<br />
Mead also discussed the<br />
issue of education in the<br />
Legislature. He said Wyoming<br />
seems to be spending as much<br />
on education as any other<br />
state, but there seems to be<br />
no change, and he said he<br />
thought it was because the<br />
right topics were not being<br />
discussed. Mead said he, the<br />
superintendent of schools<br />
and the Legislature all need<br />
to be on the same page and<br />
look more closely at what<br />
they are doing and what else<br />
needs to be done to get on the<br />
right path. Mead also touched<br />
on the issue of Medicare in<br />
Wyoming. He said the state<br />
will start with a federal exchange<br />
program to see how<br />
that works for the state and<br />
then see if Wyoming wants to<br />
go into an insurance exchange<br />
program permanently.<br />
Mead also said gay marriage<br />
in Wyoming could<br />
become a possibility in the<br />
future.<br />
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