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That wasn't backpedaling...that was grenade dropping and running like hell...
ETA - I think I have a better comparison: she just dropped a "flaming poo bag" in the laps of the Judiciary, then ran like hell because she was afraid of the stench...
Truthfully, unless the sponsor is a member of the committee, this happens on almost every bill in the MGA. The sponsor presents the bill with their proponent panel and typically leaves as soon as the panel is done being questioned by the committee.
Still weak.
Still BS. I think that every committee member should be required to stay for all of the testimony. Don’t like it? Get a different f’ing job
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The spark of hope.
Late reply, but depending on what other hearings were going on, she may have had to return to her committee for hearings there. As for the JPR members, some of them come and go because they have bills of their own to talk about. Most of the time it is not about disrespecting those speaking for/against a bill, but rather making sure the business of the legislature goes on.
You were given a chance to lead, I even started a thread so you could share your ideas and help people build them, but you really didn't step up after the ideas were put out there, all yo continue to do is shit on people and threads, that are at least doing something, other than posting ideas.
She really is gross. What is up with wearing a mask while in your own home in a Zoom meeting?
knovotny
Active Member
I think some of that is virtue signaling. I don't really care about the eating, I get it. I also get some mask wearing zooming from their office if staffers are in and out, but at your home, 100% virtue signaling.
Could be she or someone in her family was exposed. Dunno, I've got enough other things to dislike them for to wonder if they are virtue signaling or if they have a legitimate concern.
On a separate note, any idea on committee votes coming up or anything else like that? I know plenty of time till Sine Die, but does seem like the hour is getting late for the various bills to move if they don't soon.
Doctortoxic
The Dose Makes The Poison
Here is the list of dates. The next big one is 3/16/21. Committee report dates.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs-current/current-session-dates.pdf
Thanks!
Bertfish
Throw bread on me
Let's be clear
They can and have forced any action to happen that they want regardless of the dates
Doctortoxic
The Dose Makes The Poison
Right but my douchebag Democrat crystal ball is broken right now so all I can do is go by the dates the SAY they will abide by.
PowPow
Where's the beef?
Committee meeting times and dates shift all the time. I suggest you keep your eyes on their schedule at least daily if you want to not miss the changes. That's not even a guarantee.
I've had this happen. You take off work, show up to testify, and end up spending 6 hours longer in waiting for the meeting to even start. The time was changed on the day of the hearing! Be prepared to dedicate a whole day for your participation in the process.
Their past actions demonstrate that they do not abide, but they do demand that we do.
For example, in the past, we show up to testify and expect to get our 3 (sometimes 5) minutes. Instead, they grant us 1 or 2 minutes. How generous of our benevolent rulers to not cut us completely out of the process.
There's a greater issue here. The reason we only get 1-2 minutes of testimony time is because of the crush of legislation being debated. Our state legislatures passes several hundred new laws each year. It's insanity, trying to legislate every single facet of human behavior. A lot of it is simply political theater, meaningless "apostrophe laws."
Our state, our nation needs to re-think the idea of "legislation." Our politicians are just writing useless legislation to appear "productive" and to pander to squeaky portions of their constituency.
Having worked in Annapolis as a staff member (Deputy Chief of Staff) to a Delegate, this is no where near the reason they keep reducing the time they provide us to testify. They reduce the time for us to testify because they really don't want to hear from us.
