[LWVNM Action] Action Committee Zoom Wednesday August 18 at 5:30 pm

[George Richmond]

Great idea Akkana.

I encourage the LWV NM to work to bring them to life.

Also, please consider the issue the some elected legislators have family 
members as Lobbyists.

At least make this public as well as who the lobbyists are working for.

George

On 8/18/2021 8:37 AM, Akkana Peck via Action wrote:
> A better solution would be to get rid of the 30-day sessions,
> lengthen the regular session and have a long session every year.
> And pay legislators since they'd be spending more time legislating.
> And put limits on how long bills can be considered (no more
> 45-minute-per-legislator  gerrymandering to delay a bill's passage
> and prevent any other bills from coming up), and on how many bills
> can be introduced at once.
>
> I believe a few of those ideas are being actively considered.
> I wish they'd consider all of them.
>
>          ...Akkana
>
> George Richmond via Action writes:
>> Of course, some thing irrelevant.  Time to amend our
>> constitution...again...which is never easy any time and when the governor's
>> powers are reduced, maybe impossible.
>>
>> Thank you for your comment.
>>
>> George
>>
>> On 8/17/2021 7:55 PM, Paul Stokes via Action wrote:
>>> George,
>>>
>>> Because it’s in the NM Constitution.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>> On 17 Aug 2021, at 7:24 PM, George Richmond via Action
>>>> <action at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:action at mailman.swcp.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why does the Governor have the right to propose legislation for the
>>>> Short Session?
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