Citing Unmet Needs, Fla. Governor Vetoes Budget

By Karen Diegmueller

Governor Lawton Chiles of Florida last week vetoed the state budget for fiscal year 1993 passed by the legislature, saying it lacked adequate funding for education and other state services.

"On all accounts this budget neglects critical needs and fails to stem the factors that are driving up the increases in state funding,'' the Governor said in his veto message. "If this budget were to become law, we would be charting a course for Florida's decline--by overcrowding classrooms, eliminating or reducing health-care access to over 100,000 Floridians, turning more criminals out onto our streets, and endangering environmentally sensitive lands.''

The $29.1-billion budget passed by the legislature fell $1.3 billion short of the budget that Mr....