Article: BUDGET CUTS; LAWMAKERS SAY GOVERNOR USING SCARE TACTICS.(Main)

Byline: KATE NASH

To some, it sounds like the latest in a list of Halloween-type scares: If Gov. Bill Richardson signs the budget cuts lawmakers approved last week, state parks could close, firefighters could get less training, public employees could be furloughed and there could be "an inability to provide sanitary conditions in parks statewide."

That was the administration's latest missive Friday about looming budget cuts, the fifth this week warning about what the Richardson administration says could be the consequences of the $253 million lawmakers cut in spending in the special session.

Earlier, press releases said the plan would mean ...

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