Special Session
I have always hated special sessions. Besides the time it takes away from home it is also a huge waste of taxpayer money in my opinion. While I feel confident we will only take the minimum 5 days required to complete this session, it is still an extra $140,000 that the taxpayers get stuck with that should never have occurred. Why are we here? Oh, this blog could never hope to explain that issue in one paragraph, but suffice it to say that attitudes are going to have to change in the next regular session in order for us to be productive. It would be easy to blame one issue or even just one or two people for the problems in this session but I honestly believe it is much more complicated than that. It goes beyond political parties and into the personalities of a lot of legislators who just do not personally like each other. While I believe for the most part political debate is rough and tumble, seldom does ever need to rise to the level or personal dislike for the opposing party. Many would say we need more personal dislike and cut throat tactics against the opposing view point. I just disagree. I think we need to fight for the issues we believe in but also be prepared to move on to the next debate after the current on is over with. Maybe this is naive on my part but I believe the majority of the citizens in our state believe this should be the case as well.
