Memos to the Governor: An Introduction to State Budgeting

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Memos to the Governor: An Introduction to State Budgeting
by Dall W. Forsythe
from Georgetown University Press

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• The Art and Realism of State Budget-Making
  No political figure of his time was more eloquent than the author's boss, Mario Cuomo. When asked to explain his failure to run for President, Cuomo once replied "I speak in poetry, but I govern in prose." The author of this book was one of the key figures composing the prose during his years as Cuomo's budget director.
  The author has written a manual targeted for graduate students seeking to get a handle on the art and science of state budgeting. It is good enough, however, for governors,... more info

• A great book!
  Dall Forsythe, former budget director to Gov. Mario Cuomo, has written an excellent book on how big policy decisions are made. It is written in an easy to read style in memo format for the new Governor.

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