The lyrics to the Eagles tune Hotel California include the line, “You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.”

Bill Sheldrake says that describes his new assignment to help draft an accurate forecast of state tax revenues.  The Republican Sheldrake and Democrat John Grew are new additions to the technical committee that will draft the forecast at the request of the State Budget committee.  They are former members of the committee who still follow the budget process.

The approval came after a sharp exchange between GOP Senator Luke Kenley and Budget Director Chris Ruhl.  Kenley interrupted a Ruhl power point presentation to demand agreement that the Daniels administration will live by the numbers in a new forecast.   Ruhl agreed.