Budget director axed from budget
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) -- In its zeal to save money, a Republican-led Missouri House committee inadvertently cut Missouri's budget director out of next year's budget.
The oversight was caught and funding for her position was restored Thursday.
Earlier this week, the General Administration Appropriations Committee cut more than 40 positions in the Office of Administration -- a move estimated to save more than $4 million.
Included in the cuts was a position for a "deputy state department director." Committee chairman Brad Roark said that sounded like a middle-level manager.
It turned out to be the position held by budget director Linda Luebbering.
"That's what I call shooting the messenger," Democratic Governor Bob Holden said.
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