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[hiromichi]

In the context below do "reforms" mean "reform budget"?

The Legislature’s investigation began after a local blogger, who had been a political rival of Ms. Palin, linked Mr. Monegan’s firing to, among other reasons, his refusal to dismiss Trooper Wooten. Initially the governor said through a spokeswoman that the dismissal had nothing to do with a “personality conflict.” Since then, her explanations have evolved, from saying that he was lagging on filling trooper vacancies and tackling alcohol-abuse problems in rural Alaska to showing an “intolerable pattern of insubordination” and a “rogue mentality” by resisting her authority and spending reforms, sometimes publicly.
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Hiromichi

[CP]

Gov. Palin is saying that Mr. Monegan resisted her spending reforms, that is, reforms or limits on government spending.
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[hiromichi]

CP, Thank you. I read 'by resisting x and spending y.'
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Hiromichi