Post by mndapa1 on Feb 10, 2009 11:14:21 GMT -6
This is what your state government is wasting time on:
One less mandate on local governments Published (2/9/2009)
www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/sessiondaily.asp?yearid=2007&storyid=1582
One legislator called it "an awful small fish to fry," but supporters say a bill approved by a House division will mean one less mandate for local governments.
HF269, sponsored by Rep. Andy Welti (DFL-Plainview), would eliminate a requirement that local governments annually review their out-of-state travel policies.
The House Local Government Division approved the bill and referred it to the House State and Local Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee.
Speaking in favor of the bill, Metropolitan Inter-County Association Executive Director Keith Carlson called the requirement for annual reviews "a needless occupation of time on board agendas each year."
Rep. Rob Eastlund (R-Isanti) questioned whether the bill would actually save local governments money, however, and suggested that the division may want to set its sights a little higher.
"This just seems like an awful small fish to fry here in the circumstances that we're in," Eastlund said.
Welti responded that the bill represented a first step toward giving local governments more flexibility.
A companion, SF307, sponsored by Sen. Rick Olseen (DFL-Harris), awaits action by the full Senate.
A time when people in this state are suffering and cant pay their mortgages and heating bills and these fools are introducing frivolous legislation. THIS is the reason nothing gets done in this state. - mndapa1
One less mandate on local governments Published (2/9/2009)
www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/sessiondaily.asp?yearid=2007&storyid=1582
One legislator called it "an awful small fish to fry," but supporters say a bill approved by a House division will mean one less mandate for local governments.
HF269, sponsored by Rep. Andy Welti (DFL-Plainview), would eliminate a requirement that local governments annually review their out-of-state travel policies.
The House Local Government Division approved the bill and referred it to the House State and Local Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee.
Speaking in favor of the bill, Metropolitan Inter-County Association Executive Director Keith Carlson called the requirement for annual reviews "a needless occupation of time on board agendas each year."
Rep. Rob Eastlund (R-Isanti) questioned whether the bill would actually save local governments money, however, and suggested that the division may want to set its sights a little higher.
"This just seems like an awful small fish to fry here in the circumstances that we're in," Eastlund said.
Welti responded that the bill represented a first step toward giving local governments more flexibility.
A companion, SF307, sponsored by Sen. Rick Olseen (DFL-Harris), awaits action by the full Senate.
A time when people in this state are suffering and cant pay their mortgages and heating bills and these fools are introducing frivolous legislation. THIS is the reason nothing gets done in this state. - mndapa1