Paul Ralston: End the budget standoff

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Paul Ralston, of Middlebury, a local entrepreneur who is the owner of Vermont Coffee Company and a former Democratic member of the Vermont Legislature.
It’s time to end the budget standoff between the Legislature and the executive.
It is the constitutional duty of the Vermont House to present a bill (a budget) regardingappropriations of revenue of the state of Vermont.
It is the constitutional duty of the governor to agree to such a bill and sign