So, the Nevada legislature finally came to an end early this month with only a short special session to clean up a few details. Let’s see how Nor’Towner legislators faired in the post-legislature media morass:
Jane Ann Morrison was not pleased with Kelvin Atkinson for tabling seat-belt legislation which would have allowed cops to pull over un-belted drivers:
Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, said
Friday he decided not to bring the bill up for a vote because "quite a
few members of the committee were uncomfortable with the pressure they
were receiving. The committee members didn’t want to vote on it."Weenies.
Atkinson, as chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, was also in the middle of the road-funding mess wherein the idiot Governor forced the state to fund only 1/5th of needed projects.
State Senator Steven Horsford was considered a "winner" by the Sun:
He’s a Democrat liked and
respected by colleagues in both parties, with ties to labor and
business. As a champion of empowerment schools, he’s at the forefront
of the governor’s key education initiative. He’s talked about as a
potential leader of Senate Democrats, and even as the first black
governor of Nevada.
Whoa–first black governor? Sounds like mayor of Nor’Town won’t be good enough for Horsford. He’ll need a Democratic majority in the State Senate to be the leader of the Senate, but is sounds like his future is tied to that body. By the way, Horsford’s bill that will require what is now called the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Advisory board will become law in October. Language which would have automatically placed Horsford on the board was struck by amendment. Marilyn Kirkpatrick is getting praise for her mopping up of the green-building idiocy:
[Nevada Speaker Barbara Buckley] also empowered women to
succeed in an inherently sexist process, especially Assemblywomen
Marilyn Kirkpatrick and Debbie Smith, who in many ways were the unsung
session heroes because of their tireless work on fixing the
green-building tax break fiasco. (Sun)
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