By: Nikki Heat

Nikki Heat — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:57:36 +0000

I gotta agree with Stupidity on your observations about Speaker Say — he’s seems quite frustrated about the public reaction to the Governor’s across the board restrictions (and the cuts selected by her appointees) and the persistent chorus from the media and certain parts of the public and by the members of the caucus under pressure from constituents who want to cut taxes, or who believe the state government is bloated (including any part of the DOE that is not a classroom teacher), or who simply shy away from raising taxes. At some point he’s gotta be jaded about folks who believe their little slice of government services is heaven while there’s still a ton of hellish waste out there in other areas and the legislators are just too corrupt and controlled by the public worker unions to find it. On some issues, Speaker Say and his leadership team would need the help of dissidents (who are more reliable votes on issues like Civil Unions than members of the leadership) but even some of those dissidents similarly are scared stiff about raising taxes before cutting the fat out of government.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:44:02 +0000

Hi Ian, Sarah (Director of Open Government) herself wrote on my blog and I’ve posted what she said about rolling quorums, in case you’re interested.

By: jonthebru

jonthebru — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:24:30 +0000

i always said Santa Claus was real… Must be true if Ian Lind prints it.
Mele Kalikimaka all.

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