Huh?

The official duties of Rich AuBuchon, Chief of Staff to Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, involve few things unrelated to Twitter these days, but this morning's salvo doesn't even make sense. 

The Governor, House Budget Chairman Allen Icet (R-Wildwood) and Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Mayer (R-Dexter) signed off on the same FY2011 "consensus revenue estimate" in January.  It's called a "consensus revenue estimate" because they all came to a... consensus on what they thought the revenues would be this year.  

It's true that the FY2011 estimate will be revised downward, and there will be serious cuts in the state budget. But is AuBuchon really alleging that Icet and Mayer are in on the ruse?  And if so, who benefits from such a conspiracy?

Or are we not supposed to take the taxpayer-financed pot shots from Kinder's Chief of Staff seriously?