Wyoming Business: Gov. Freudenthal drops bombshells on Wyoming

CHEYENNE — Just four days into his term, new Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal returned “home” to a Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce luncheon with a couple of bombshells.

Freudenthal said he will ask the Legislature to re-enact a statewide property tax to fund school construction and revealed that, oh yes, the state’s budget surplus has evaporated.

“One thing they don’t tell you on the campaign trail is that budget estimates can be wrong,” he told chamber members. “I learned today something I think we kind of expected — that there is no budget surplus.”

State revenue estimators actually are forecasting a modest surplus…