Cuss and Swear!
Some days up here you can't even give candy to kids.
After sweating over my waste fees bill for weeks in the House, I watched it die a brutally ugly death in the Senate; 4 "yes" votes -- and that's probably because they felt sorry for me. The Senate sponsor (who, actually gave a great presentation) asked me if I wanted to work the members and move to reconsider. No, thanks. One thrashing a session is plenty.
The bill addressed a real problem in inequitable fees between public and private landfills, but it looks like the issue will have to wait until next year. It's a tough one politically, though, since all of the public landfills are being subsidized by the higher fees on the private landfill, and people typically don't line up to give away their subsidies.
I think I have pneumonia, and I'm excited to end tomorrow.
After sweating over my waste fees bill for weeks in the House, I watched it die a brutally ugly death in the Senate; 4 "yes" votes -- and that's probably because they felt sorry for me. The Senate sponsor (who, actually gave a great presentation) asked me if I wanted to work the members and move to reconsider. No, thanks. One thrashing a session is plenty.
The bill addressed a real problem in inequitable fees between public and private landfills, but it looks like the issue will have to wait until next year. It's a tough one politically, though, since all of the public landfills are being subsidized by the higher fees on the private landfill, and people typically don't line up to give away their subsidies.
I think I have pneumonia, and I'm excited to end tomorrow.
posted by steve u. at 3/01/2005
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1 Comments:
I am one of those misinformed and misanthropic Senators who voted down your waste bill. It is interesting to hear your perspective after the fact, because the spin put on it by the opponents was that it was a special interest bill driven by the waste giant Allied and aimed at 1) harming a new landfill on the Goshute reservation (who've been hammered a lot lately), and 2)the municipal landfills. After the first vote/massacre we did get some good information from Allied which I felt countered some of my concerns and might have moved me on reconsideration to moderate my stance.
Your Senate sponsor, Curt Bramble, makes much of his ability to resurrect dead bills (Indeed the record supports his boast, even if good taste doesn't). I told him that I would give him my birthday cake if he could revive this one. But even he with his supernatural powers wasn't able to do it.
All that ancient history aside, I just wanted to say you're a class act. I admire you for taking the time to put your opinions and your decision-making "out there". You're one of the good even great thinkers up there, Steve, and we're lucky to have you. Hope you recover and don't have pneumonia. God bless, Greg Bell
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