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Rick Perry must release to the public drafts of the state budget his office was working on before he came up with his zero-based budget. Assistant Attorney General June Harden wrote in a four-page opinion that Texas law requires that the documents be disclosed. Responding to requests from The Associated Press, the San Antonio Express-News and the Austin American-Statesman, the governor’s office stated in a February letter that draft budget copies and other related materials should be kept private because of exceptions in the Texas Public Information Act. Disclosing the documents would discourage the “frank exchange of information among government staff and agencies,” Perry’s office contended in ask ing for an attorney general’s opin ion on the matter. Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt said the office was in the process of retrieving the docu ments and would make them available to reporters by April 22. The opinion said Perry had 10 days to notify the news organiza tions of his intent to release the material. Perry could have sued to challenge the ruling. The records comprise “literal ly tens of thousands of pages,” Walt said. “That’s what we’re starting to pull together.” The ruling by Abbott’s office was applauded by open govern ment advocates. “That’s good news. It would seem that the law’s very clear on this subject and I’m sure the governor will want to follow the law and release the records promptly,” said Donnis Baggett, publisher and editor of the Bryan-College Station Eagle. “The public has a definite right to know and a need to know how he arrived at his numbers,” said Baggett, who’s also vice president of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. ii The public has a definite right to know and a need to know how he arrived at his numbers. — Donnis Baggett Bryan-College Station Eagle The three news organizations made their requests separately over a nine-day span in January after Perry proposed on Jan. 17 that Texas spend nothing in the next two fiscal years. Perry’s proposal listed amounts spent in previous budget years in each category, such as education and public safety, and then recommended zero be spent on that item for the coming two-year cyde Perry, a Republican, descii the proposal as historic using zero as a starting p allows legislators to judges dollar ultimately spent by agency against every fun: request. Republicans Lt. G David Dewhurst and Ho Speaker Tom Craddick agree: Royce Poinsett, the govern assistant general counsel, air that the budget work doom should be exempted from rei because they were papers would be used in evaluatingle: lation for approval or veto because they were memoua within government agenciesi are part of a deliberative prot The AP in its written raj Jan. 23 asked for the mosta pleted work product or draft sion of the governor’s bis: that was not the zero-based: posal. including any docum detailing recommended s budget cuts. In an interview on Jan. the AP and the Amena Statesman. Perry spoke of budget recommendation he working on. “I will give a good sta' point budget.” he said. “Iwi out a budget for the Legislate work with, work with us.” Perry said his budget prop would be based on available enue, or the amount of money comptroller says state lawma have to spend in fiscal yt 2004-05. He did not rule out but would not be specific. Perry was adamant that be “no new taxes.” Twenty down the against n< Every cit without n Supreme 1 must rend ping rat In char tices coul action has of studem pelling en More just precedent Texas pub take this ; Strikin of college years age has increa would stil not more may bene cants no based sch their edi After a finally all xr NEWS IN BRIEF Editor in American Air could bankrupt if workers don't approve plan DALLAS (AP) — Labor leaders at American Airlines warn that workers could reject conces sions designed to save the world’s largest carrier from bankruptcy, but the company has declined to renegotiate the deals. Results of the voting by employees are expected by April 15, and a company spokesman said Tuesday that American would file for bankruptcy “very soon” if any of the unions reject concessions, which total more than $1.6 billion a year. Leaders of unions representing pilots, flight attendants and mechanics struck last-minute deals March 31 as American executives warned that the company’s lawyers were minutes from marching into bankruptcy court. Now, the deadline deals are running into criticism. The deal would result in layoffs for 2,501 American’s 12,000 pilots. Those remaining take a pay cut of 23 percent the first year slightly smaller 17 percent cut the remainii* years. They would get stock options and es in later years of the contract. “Bankruptcy is not a pretty option, butit»’ be a worse deal that what we’re voting on now/ Greg Shayman, a Fort Worth-based pilot andn her of a group opposed to the the conces agreement. 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