Monday April 24 (Day 81 Week 17) A big day on the House Floor today. We had 46 second reading bills to hear, but that was not the news! We were hearing and debating SB 518, which had to do with parental involvement in education. This was another “Incident sponsored” bill, in which a school […]
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WEEK 16
Monday April 17 (Week 16) Things are becoming very, very different in Helena. The Judiciary Committee has heard more bills than any other committee in the House, and these bills are, many times, controversial, to say the least. But things are really winding down. We started at 9 today … much later than what I […]
WEEK 15
Wednesday April 12 (Week 15) We didn’t start this week until today, Wednesday, April 12th, so this will be a short report even though we have been super busy. 8 am and we all reported to the House Floor to hear 82 – 2nd reading bills and 24 3rd reading bills. I will not go […]
WEEK 14
Monday April 3 (Week 14) Just a quick note about Saturday, April 1st. Several shooting and 2nd amendment groups hosted a Trap Shoot at the Helena Trap Club. I signed up, but I haven’t shot a clay pigeon in years. It came time for my group to be up, but I didn’t have a gun. […]
WEEK 13
Monday March 27 (Week 13) The effort that goes into influencing legislators has been a new revelation to me. There’s not a day goes by when virtually every legislator is not approached by any number of lobbyists, trying to influence them to vote a certain way. At first, I really resented it, but as time went on, […]
WEEK 12
Saturday March 18 (Week 12) I attended the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast at Carroll College this morning. This was the first time, in 16 years, that the Governor himself actually attended! Can you imagine not attending an event that has run every year since 1961? It was a BIG deal and what a difference it made […]
