The State Affairs Committee scheduled for May 2 caught our eye. Note the asterisk on the first bill.
If any of y’all got a rule book handy, riddle us this: How is a public hearing allowed to accept ‘invited tesimony only’?
We know the State Affairs has had some late nights lately, but when you bring up a boatload of turds you gotta expect it to smell a little bit.
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Depends on the committee rules, doesn’t it? I don’t think there’s a law that requires public testimony. But then, what do I know.
I am so there …how dare they I care deeply about this bullshit
answer is here: http://advicedissent.blogspot.com/2005/04/why-public-hearings-dont-have-to-be.html
“Elected” representatives and “public” hearings…
PinkDome has the lowdown on some folks at the Lege who seem to have a hard time understanding the “public” part of “public hearing.”…