DIY @ the Legislature (part 1)

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DIY @ the Legislature (part 1)

Submitted by go econo on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 4:47pm.

Lived in this town a while and never been involved in a legislative issue?

The Washington State House and Senate just finished a week of pre-session committee meetings this week. Next Monday they'll start prefiling bills. Now's a great time to start getting familiar with the issues and forums in which you want your voice heard.

Step 1: Learn to navigate the environment - committees, worksessions, bills, hearings, TVW, and on and on. The Leg home page is a good place to start. http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/. Do a search on a subject that's important to you and see what you find (I seached for "beer").

Stay tuned, next DIY @ the Legislature will address cyberstalking great testimony on TVW.

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Thank you for posting this.

Submitted by Norm on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 6:43pm.

Thank you for posting this. I got a couple of solid hits for "firearm" and "concealed"

I got a couple hits for

Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 6:56pm.

I got a couple hits for "Norm" and "nutjob".

"Everybody who imitates Christ is a fake Jesus." –Alan Watts

The state has been keeping a

Submitted by Norm on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 7:00pm.

The state has been keeping a close eye on me lately. I didn't know they had a "Norm" bill going on though. I'll have to look into that.

seems there are bills regarding Norm

Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 9:49pm.

Search Results - 2005-06

Search by Bill Number

Search Brief Description by Keyword

Search Term: norm
Biennium: 2005-06
Results: 1 to 2 of 2

Bill	Description
EHB 1068	Eliminating mandatory norm-referenced student assessments.
SB 5071	Eliminating mandatory norm-referenced student assessments.

"I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^

Strange, I don't remember

Submitted by Norm on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 10:54pm.

Strange, I don't remember any student assessments being referred to me, let alone mandatorialy. Maybe I need to check my mailbox

Snort...

Submitted by Rick on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 9:44pm.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow

this is awesome

Submitted by enpen on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 8:35pm.

Thank you!

"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."

microenterprise

Submitted by go econo on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 11:38pm.

A few of us were talking a couple of weeks ago about microenterprise...I'm not sure what the action will be on this subject this session, but last year there were a couple of interesting bills coming from the senate and an excellent worksession on the topic in the Senate International Trade and Economic Development Committee. Here's a link to what the sen. dem. caucus had to say about it (some good stats): http://sdc.leg.wa.gov/issues/microenterprise.htm. You can also just do a search for "microenterprise" on the leg. page and find some good material on the impacts of microcredit/enterprise for low income populations.

"No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful." - John Flansburgh & John Linnell

I'd like to learn more about

Submitted by Rob Richards on Sat, 12/02/2006 - 1:37am.

I'd like to learn more about this. Can you send me a message? Maybe we can have coffee and discuss strategy a bit.

"Everybody who imitates Christ is a fake Jesus." –Alan Watts

A Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded for Micro-Finance

Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sat, 12/02/2006 - 9:01am.

Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist, won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his work in micro-fincance. There is a Nobel Prize for Economics, but muhammad won the Peace Prize because of the incredible impact his work has on taking so many out of poverty in his native land and all over the world. Micro-finance and micro-enterprise are powerful tools to change our world. Think capitalism with a heart and respect, Read the book Banker to the Poor, by Muhammad Yunus, you will be inspired and changed forever.

I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^

I'm looking forward to this session

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Sat, 12/02/2006 - 4:34pm.

Thanks for taking this on.

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