AUGUSTA – There were no bows to the inevitable Sunday as legislative budget writers gathered again at the State House for deliberations on Gov. John Baldacci’s supplemental budget package. No one was ruling out the possibility of a bipartisan compromise and no one appeared to be counting strongly on one, either.

Originally pegged at $160 million, the governor’s plan was still being tweaked by administration officials over the weekend as Democrats and Republicans on the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee discussed its merits and floated alternatives.