His agency reviews set up the search for savings. Lawmakers will help decide what the state can stop spending.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov.-elect Mike Mazzei is laying the groundwork for his promised tax cuts by looking for money the state can stop spending. His next challenge will be getting lawmakers to agree on what can go.
At his first postelection news conference Wednesday, Mazzei proposed quarterly agency spending reports and a new office of state finance and fiscal responsibility. Those proposals set up the spending scrutiny that could help him pursue income-tax elimination and property-tax relief for seniors and veterans…