T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)Last night Tom Humphrey reported on a bill that would “clarify” the role of elections administrators in the state. While the bill was held on the House side, it is on the agenda in the Senate (item 24). Here’s some background from an earlier report by Humphrey: Republicans took control of all 95 county...
Did anyone tell the good folks in the House Local Government Subcommittee that its Sunshine Week? It probably wouldn’t matter if you did… Yesterday that very committee killed two bills on voice votes that would have opened up Chamber of Commerce meetings when that Chamber receives government funds, and opened up the ownership of...
I want to take a second and riff off something my buddy Steffens posted about the bill removing political parties from deciding who can represent their party or not that Tom Humphrey dubbed the Rosalind Kurita Memorial Bill. Humphrey quotes Rep. John DeBerry on his rationale for the bill: DeBerry said allowing a decision...