Told you it was a good idea
A while back, I proposed a bill:
No Senator nor Representative in The State can vote for or against a bill unless said legislator can pass, with at least 85% proficiency, a multiple choice exam about the bill in question.
See, if we had my bill in place, then bills wouldn’t sneak past our senators:
State Sen. Raymond Finney is asking for a legislative do-over on the bill that would allow wine to be sold as some restaurants in Townsend.
The Maryville Republican has asked that Senate Bill 1219, approved on May 7, be brought back for further amendments.
“We are recalling a bill that sneaked by me,” Finney said. “I’m having it recalled from the speaker of the House’s desk to have that defeated. There is no way I want to bypass the votes of people in the referendum.”
Finney is referring to a November 2006 referendum to allow liquor by the drink that Townsend voters defeated by a 96-87 vote.
“The way the bill was worded, I didn’t catch it,” he said. “I went back and read the bill … it was a conglomeration of several different locations. We had 50- something bills (to consider) that day.”
Yes, that mean ol’ bill just snuck up on him and done passed itself. Try reading the bills you guys are voting on. It would help.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:39 am
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May 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
The confusing part is that the poor overworked legislator thought it was a good idea to make his incompetence public.