Certified Nurse Aide Bill Dead but Goal Remains
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010
One of the harder things for a legislator is to pull one of your own bills, but at times, it’s necessary. Unfortunately, I had to recently k[...]
Life In the Legislature
House Budget Debate Conjures Comparison to Cowboy Ethics
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010
Recently, I read a book called, Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From the Code of the West. That book, as well as this past week as w[...]
This week’s bills on State Pension (PERA) Shortfall and river rafting/property rights conflicts
Posted on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Judging from the number of calls and emails received, the past week has stirred up lots of interest from people in my district. I’ll summarize[...]
Partisan politics kills common sense legislation: “Why fear knowledge?”
Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
In an election year, some legislators like to play it safe, meaning not carry any legislation that can raise people’s hackles. I don’t sub[...]
Proposed tax increases keep House Finance Committee up until 2:30am
Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Until this past week, it had been a long while since I was stayed up until 3am. I rarely make it to midnight on New Year’s Eve any more. B[...]
The importance of keeping promises: FLC Tuition Waiver
Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Politics is a contact sport and sometimes confrontation is unavoidable. Such confrontation can be healthy and arrive at a better resolution th[...]
2010 Legislative Session begins
Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Week one of the 2010 legislative session wrapped up with a fizzle more than a bang. We had the traditional opening ceremonies and heard speech[...]