* Last week the governor was asked about tax increases…

It’s very important that we live within our means in this state, and that we not resort to tax increases as a way to, you know, to balance the budget, right? And so that’s what the communication we’ve had with our agencies and looking at all the priorities that we need to take care of.

* Rich followed up at a press conference this afternoon by pointing out the highlighted quote above about not raising taxes and asked the governor if that would also apply to the mass transit fiscal cliff…

What I said last week was that we should be living within our means and doing everything we can to do that. I’ve also said in previous press conferences, and still believe that taxes should not be the first but rather the last thing that we look at.

And so when we look at when we look at the question of mass transit, we’ve got to consider everything that contributes to that, state government, county government, city government, as well as the fare box and all those things together are going to help solve the problem.