"Tax credit plan advances dubious policy based on false urgency

But the devil is in the details. The details in Mr. Nixon’s plan make it something less than an exercise in good government.

The most radical change would be to entrust the governor’s political appointees with greatly expanded authority to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money. The current system in place for the largest tax credit programs allocates money by objective criteria. Under Mr. Nixon’s proposal, the state’s Department of Economic Development, run by gubernatorial appointee would make the decisions."