Two weeks ago, after the Chairman of the Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee had abruptly adjourned his committee without any discussion about the so-called Ford bill, we asked him if he thought his action might cost him his committee chairmanship. “It really doesn’t matter at the moment,” he told us, “I’m going to do what I think is right for the longterm direction of the state.”
Archive for July, 2010
You’re fired. Temporarily.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Non-progress report
Friday, July 9th, 2010“The non-progress report on the legislature’s special session we issued at mid-week needs a quick update because it appears progress has been made. To hear legislative leaders talk, you’d think two busy days will polish off all problems and lawmakers can go back to their summer pursuits. So here’s a progress report at the end of the week.”
The clock is ticking
Thursday, July 8th, 2010“A second full week of the special legislative session is non-history. Thoughts a week ago that some kind of compromise could be reached by now that would clear the way for movement on the two pieces of legislation have proven decidedly optimistic. And so a special legislative session that some are calling “bizarre” will ooze into a third week.
At this point the House and the Senate don’t even know when they’ll come back into session. The House staff was supposed to meet yesterday to talk about scheduling. But the meeting was cancelled. The staff can’t even meet to talk about when to have a meeting. Therefore we are offering today a non-progress report.”
