But the main answer is that behind a mildly troubled budget lies a deeply troubled economy.
And it should be noted that California's education system, in particular, is troubled by budget cuts and political infighting that make it difficult to manage and evaluate.
"As far as I'm concerned, I'm saying, Thank God," said Mr. Malone, president of the Madison County Community Health Center, which like other offices here is troubled by budget shortfalls.
It also promises to be a rare happy moment in a state troubled by budget crises, scandals, political infighting and, most recently, the loss of a $400 million federal education grant because of a clerical error.
But I was strung out and exhausted, and when a relative commented snidely that I had been "having trouble budgeting", I felt a huge amount of shame.
So I find myself asking why would the state want to have more power to interfere with how this money is being spent?" "There will be a small group of people who have trouble budgeting or who are alcoholics, for example, but there is some really good evidence that poor families are very good at budgeting their incomes".
Having watched the troubled film's budget rise from $39 million to $55m, and the initial 12-week shoot stretch to eight months, Miramax made the almost unprecedented decision to release the three-hour film in two parts rather than cut it by 30 minutes - Kill Bill Vol.2 follows in six months.
This summer, the mayor sensed that Mr. Levy was having similar trouble and helpfully offered his budget experts to identify areas for the board to make cuts.
Now, with the economy troubled and corporate technology budgets squeezed, Vista's successor stands in the wings.
See this from official Puerto Rican government documents:It is projected that for fiscal year 2014, revenues from Act 154 will amount to $1.956 billion and constitute approximately 20.5% of the total revenues of the General Fund.(The General Fund, in effect, is Puerto Rico's government budget).Other troubled economies, of course, have received much more money.
