One dollar at a time, an anonymous fiddler is filling in the gaping state budget gap. Well, not really, despite what his sign says.

In truth, he plays his violin for money for lunch or to buy a pack of smokes. You can find him around lunchtime, at various spots around the Capitol. For fear of retribution, he won't give his name. He only says he is a state worker.

"If I make $2.50, I'm a happy guy," he told me.