Now comes the hard part: getting the Legislature and the unions to go along.
He and his aides said they could take the action administratively, though there was little doubt that the Legislature would go along with it.
And, like everyone else, he believes they will inevitably return, on land this time if the Legislature goes along.
He said he would give serious thought to resigning if the Legislature went along with the plan.
The Legislature went away for a vacation and a "cooling off" period.
And the Legislature is not going to extend it.
It's a vastly sensible bill, yet so far the Legislature won't go along.
But the Legislature has not yet gone along with this idea, which would eventually cost about $60 million a year.
I don't think the Legislature is going to approve it.
Everyone immediately understood that the Legislature was not going to do a thing until summer.