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>> JUST SOMETHING, THERE IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP, THE SECOND
CHANCE, AND THEY GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY
IN REGARDS TO THE INTEREST THAT ARE PAID IN PENALTIES, AND WHEN
SOMEBODY IS INCARCERATED, THE FINES, I GUESS, BEGIN THE DAY
THEY GO IN AND THEY'RE 17% INTEREST RATE, WHICH IS A
RIDICULOUSLY HIGH INTEREST RATE, AND SO WHEN THE PERSON WHO WAS
INCARCERATED IS RELEASED, THAT FINE HAS COMPOUNDED 17%, I GUESS
PER YEAR, AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE EX-OFFENDER TO
PAY THESE FINES. THEY CAN'T HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
RESTORED UNTIL THEIR FINES, YOU KNOW, ARE PAID, AND THE
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY SAID THAT ALL HE'S DOING IS WHAT
OTHER COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEYS ARE DOING AND AS I SAY, IT'S NOTHING
THAT WE CAN DO IT, BUT I TELL YOU, THAT'S REALLY PILING IT ON.
>> 17% COMPOUNDED WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED FROM --
>> LET'S SAY IF YOU GET THREE YEARS AND YOUR FINE IS X-NUMBER
OF DOLLARS, THEN THAT 17%INGS -- 17% IS COMPOUNDED UNTIL YOUR
RELEASE. >> IS THAT A STATE STATUTE?
>> YEAH, WHAT HE'S DOING IS FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF 106 OTHER
COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEYS AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BRINGING IT
TO OUR ATTENTION. >> THE JUDGMENT RATE OF INTEREST
IS WHAT, 9%, 8%, BY STATUTE? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> AND IT'S KILLING FAMILIES. IT'S KILLING THE EX-OFFENDER
WHEN HE GETS OUT, SO LIKE I SAY, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT
IT, MARCUS, I'M JUST BRINGING THAT -- AS A RETIRED JUDGE, YOU
KNOW. >> IF IT'S A RICHMOND ISSUE, CAN
WE MARK IT AS SOMETHING WE WANT TO RAISE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR, SO IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
FOLLOW THE CIVIL JUDGMENT RATE OF INTEREST AND NOT BE A
USURIOUS AMOUNT. YOU'RE PICKING A POOR PEOPLE AND
CAN WE MAKE THAT A PART OF OUR PACKAGE NEXT YEAR IF IT'S A
RICHMOND ISSUE? AND FRANKLY, I GO BACK TO THAT
OTHER ASPECT. THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO?
SURE, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
HOW MANY TIMES IS THERE A LETTER FROM THE MANAGER THAT SAYS SUCH
AND SUCH A GRANT OR INCREASE OF A BUDGET ISSUE, SO THERE'S
THINGS WE CAN DO IF WE EVER WANTED --
>> LET'S HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEYS TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
MAKE IT TO RICHMOND -- >> FIND OUT WHERE THE STATUTE I
WAS THAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY THAT DISCHARGE THAT.
>> THAT JUST SOUNDS EGREGIOUS TO FLEE.
>> WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? >> THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I KNOW WHERE THE FINES GO, BUT WHERE DOES THE INTEREST GO?
>> AT LEAST DON'T MAKE IT COMPOUND UNTIL THEY GET OUT.
MY GRACIOUS, THEY'RE IN JAIL, THEY CAN'T WORK.
>> NO, I THINK IT GOES TO COMMONWEALTH OR THE CITY,
DEPENDING ON THE CONVICTION, WHETHER IT'S UNDER STATE CODE OR
CITY CODE. >> GREAT IDEA, PAUL.
TERRI? >> QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE'RE VOTING TODAY ON THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR WATERSIDE,
AND I UNDERSTAND THE FEELING THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE SPECIAL
EXCEPTION FOR MacARTHUR AND WE KNOW THAT CORDISH IS GOING TO BE
VERY ANXIOUS TO MAKE SURE THEIR BUSINESSES ARE FOLLOWING THE
RULES AND I KNOW YOU'RE *** IN DOING THAT -- COMFORTABLE IN
DOING THAT, BUT I BELIEVE STRUCK BY THE ARGUMENT THAT CORDISH
MADE IT PLANNING AND IT WAS, LET US DO THIS BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT
QUICKER THAN THE CITY. I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THIS
ISSUE AGAIN. WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, HOW
CUMBERSOME THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION HAS BECOME.
I KNOW WE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THAT, BUT I THINK, I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO SEE US SEE WHETHER -- AND I KNOW WHEN
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FIRST CAME UP, WHAT THE VALUE WAS, BUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE OUTLIVED THAT VALUE, CERTAINLY TO MAKE US
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER LOCALITIES AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HEAR
FROM BUSINESSES ALL THE TIME TALKING ABOUT -- AND FRANKLY,
EVEN IF WE'RE JUST INTERESTED IN OUR OWN ADMINISTRATION, TO MAKE
THIS AN EASIER PROCESS FOR THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT
YOU ALL TELL ME THAT THIS IS -- WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE WITH THIS
SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND WATERSIDE, WE WON'T GET INTO THE
DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK GOING FORWARD ON MAKING SOME
CHANGES THAT MIGHT HELP. >> SURE.
>> OKAY. ALVETA, ANYTHING?
>> YES. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR
REPLACEMENT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS IF THEY GET
KNOCKED DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, THE MERMAID SIGNS THAT IDENTIFIES
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT IS THE PROCEDURES FOR
HAVING THEM REPLACED? >> COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, WE JUST
CHANGED THAT PROCEDURE THAT -- I CAN GET JAMES ROGERS TO GET A
WRITE-UP TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
>> ANDY, ANYTHING? >> JUST REAL QUICK, JUST
FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT MS. GREEN SAID --
>> YOU USED YOUR TURN, BUDDY. >> YEAH, BUT I WAS ON MART
AVENUE THE OTHER DAY AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE OF REPAVING.
I DROVE IT AND YOU COME OFF LAFAYETTE AND I WAS SHOWING MY
WIFE WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS, AND I PULLED A
RIGHT AND I WAS SHOCKED AT THE -- ON THE ROAD.
I MEAN, IT WAS VERY -- AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT KEPT
BEING BROUGHT UP, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
TELL US, IS THERE A TIMELINE ON REPAVING?
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE BOULEVARD, ON THE TONY'S HOT DOG
SIDE IS THE EASIEST WAY TO TELL YOU.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN ON THAT? >> RICHARD BROUGHT IT.
>> WE LOOKED INTO THAT, WE WORKED WITH UTILITIES ON THE
FAIRMOUNT PARK PROJECT WHERE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO
REPLACE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE REQUESTED THAT THEY PUT THAT
SECTION AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
>> OKAY. >> PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOME TIME
IN THE SPRING, SPRING/SUMMERTIME FRAME BEFORE THEY START WORKING.
>> OF THIS YEAR. >> I'M HOPING THIS YEAR.
LET ME CHECK ON THAT. >> I'D HATE FOR IT TO BE ANOTHER
YEAR. >> THAT WOULDN'T BE ON THE FRONT
END. >> THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON -- IT'S VERY BAD. >> VERY BAD.
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. >> WHAT'S THE COMPLETION ONCE
THEY START, DO YOU KNOW? THE COMPLETION TIME ONCE THEY
START? >> IT COULD BE -- WELL, DEPENDS
ON HOW MUCH THAT THEY DO. THEY DO KIND OF A WHOLE STREET
AT A TIME. >> BUT THAT STREET --
>> THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS, I'M GUESSING.
DEPENDING ON WEATHER. >> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. WHO'S NEXT?
ANGELIA? >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EXCEPT
I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS -- I'M GOING TO FIGURE THIS IS JEREMY
MY -- JEREMIAH'S LITTLE BOY AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE SENT US A
REPORT CARD FOR SOME REASON AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE SHOWED
TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT IN HIS PHONETICS, IN HIS WORD FLUENCY
AND HIS ORAL READING, SO I JUST -- SINCE HE SENT IT TO
US -- >> BROUGHT IT UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY. JEREMIAH SUSBY, WHOEVER YOU ARE,
LOOKS LIKE HE DID A VERY GOOD JOBS BECAUSE IT LOCKS HE GAME
FROM -- LOOKS LIKE HE CAME FROM UNDER THE BENCHMARKS TO WELL
OVER THE BENCH MARKS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> I HAVE A FEW THINGS. FIRST, I THANK YOU, TERRI, FOR
BRINGING IT UP ABOUT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO PUTTING A SUNSET CLAUSE IN THERE THAT IF
THEY SELL AND TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER OPERATOR?
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE. BERNARD?
>> I'M SORRY, I WASN'T SURE OF THE QUESTION.
>> HAVE WE PUT IN A CLAUSE THAT IF THIS IS TRANSFERRED TO
ANOTHER OPERATOR, WATERSIDE, THAT THAT OPERATOR HAS TO GO
BACK THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS, INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM
KEEP THE BLANKET, SO THAT THERE'S A SUNSET IN THERE IF
SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF
THE BIGGER CONCERNS OF THIS IS THE LONGEVITY OF SOMETHING
HAPPENS 20 YEARS FROM NOW. >> WE DON'T HAVE A TERMINATION
UPON SALE PROVISION IN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
[ INAUDIBLE COMMENTS ] >> THIS IS ALL PART OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS THAT WENT ON, HOW MANY YEARS, I MEAN, TO GET TO
WHERE WE ARE? >> YEAH, I SUPPORT IT, I'M JUST
WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE FUTURE.
I'LL BE AROUND. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF --
AND MAYBE TODAY, I JUST THOUGHT OF IT, ACTUALLY, WHEN TERRI WAS
TALKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT THE FUTURE AND IF THEY
WERE TO SELL IT TO AN OPERATOR THAT DOESN'T PROMOTE THE SAME
THING THAT CORDISH DOES. DOES WE STOP THE -- IT DOESN'T
IMPACT CORDISH, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING WITH THEM
BECAUSE BY THAT POINT, THEY WANT OUT OF THE DEAL ANYWAY.
>> WE DID GET SOME PROTECTION TO WHO CAN BUY IT.
>> RIGHT, I REMEMBER THAT. >> THAT ONLY CERTAIN
ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXPERIENCE. >> I THINK FOR THE ABC REASONS.
>> IT USED TO BE YOU HAD TO COME BACK WITH YOU HAD A NEW MANAGER,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WITH A NEW OWNER OR NEW
OPERATOR. [ INAUDIBLE COMMENTS ]
>> OKAY. I THOUGHT THE ARTICLE WITH THE
DISPUTE OF THE TAX COMPANIES WAS REALLY EMBARRASSING FOR THE
CITY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S BEEN OUT ON MILITARY
HIGHWAY, NOTIFY SYMPATHY FOR TAX -- I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR
TAX COMPANIES DURING THIS TIME WITH THE GARBAGE THEY PUT OUT ON
OUR MEDIANS AND EVERYWHERE, AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE -- AND I DON'T
WANT GEORGE TO HAVE EXTRA WORK, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT
THERE FIGHTING THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT
ON MILITARY HIGHWAY AND SAW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THE TWO FAMILY
FEUDS AND THEY'RE BLOWING UP GIANT STATUES OF LIBERTIES AND
BRINGING IN TRUCKS WITH GIANT BANNERS ON THEM.
ALL THE TAX PLACES ARE -- WE NEED TO PROTECT THE LOOK OF OUR
CITY AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOLED THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND
THEY'RE -- HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET
BUSINESS REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY STATUE OF LIBERTIES THEY PUT OUT
THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD TO OUR CODES AND STANDARDS WITH
THAT AND WE HAVE TO HIT THEM ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN
THEY DO IT, WHEN WE'RE NOT AT WORK.
THERE'S A COUPLE MATTRESS PLACES THAT DO IT AS WELL.
TFC RECYCLING, I SEE THEY WERE GOOD TO US AND THEY DECIDED TO
GO OUT AND PICK UP ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE
BIT TOO LATE BY THEN. THE MEMO WENT OUT TO PULL YOUR
RECYCLING BINS BACK IN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING UNTIL THE
NEXT RECYCLING. MINE WAS THE ONLY BIN ON MY
STREET, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS PROBABLY 15 AND MY
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PUT OUT A MEMO THAT SAID THEY'RE NOT
COMING TO NEXT WEEK. SO WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET
THE INFORMATION OUT FASTER. I THINK OUR GUYS DID A GREAT
JOB, BUT WE'RE RELYING ON TV AND MEDIA AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
DOING US JUSTICE WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SENIOR TAX
RELIEF AND I WAS LOOKING AT ELIMINATING THE 3.5% INTEREST.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT?
I THINK THERE WAS A GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH MOST COUNCIL
MEMBERS AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS AN UNNECESSARY CHARGE.
>> YEAH, I BELIEVE, COUNCILMAN SMIGIEL, THE CHARGE TO THE
ADMINISTRATION WAS BRING BACK ANY CHANGES IN ONE LUMP.
>> WHEN -- OKAY. >> YES, SIR.
>> SO ARE WE -- WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEFERRED NOW, THERE'S AN
INTEREST BEING CHARGED TO THAT, SO THERE'S -- YOU DON'T THINK
THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE, OR WILL THAT -- IF WE
END UP MANGE THE CHANGE -- END UP MAKING THE CHANGES, ARE WE
GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY -- >> WE COULD, WHEN WE MAKE THE
CHANGES. >> I WASN'T SURE HOW THAT
WORKED, SO IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IF THAT CHANGE
OCCURS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES WE CAN DO IT AND THEN THERE'S
SOME TYPE OF RAMIFICATIONS FROM THE TAX CODE, BUT WE'LL TAKE
THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. >> AND COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS AND
I WENT TO RICHMOND FOR VML DAY AND IT WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED
WITH THE JOINT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, BUT WE JUST WANT TO
BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A
HICCUP IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS WITH GOVERNOR McDONNELL'S
RECOMMENDATION AND THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION-DOLLAR CUT TO OUR
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM BY TAKING 251 OF OUR SLOTS, AND YOU HEARD THAT
I -- ANDY IN THE GREAT EDITORIAL WITH YOU IN THERE ABOUT
EXPANDING OUR PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, BUT IF THAT BUDGET
GOES THROUGH, WE ARE GOING TO END UP LOSING 251 SLOTS OF OUR
PRESCHOOL THIS YEAR. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THERE'S --
THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE FIXED IS DURING BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS, SO
WE SPENT ALMOST A WHOLE DAY TRYING TO TALK TO LEGISLATORS
AND OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT -- AND BRYAN DID A
GREAT JOB AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
WAS JUST MISSED AND VIRGINIA FIRST CITIES AND VML WERE
WORKING TOGETHER AND CAUGHT THAT AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE
THE IMPACT THAT WE ACTUALLY USE OUR 1800 SLOTS AND THEY'RE
PENALIZING US OFF OF AN OLD FORMULA AND THERE'S NO HOLD
HARMLESS CLAUSE IN THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR
IS WITH THAT, AND BASICALLY OUR SLOTS ARE GOING TO END UP GOING
TO LOCALITIES THAT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE PRE-K PROGRAM AND
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THOSE
PRE-K PROGRAMS. AND WE ARE USING THEM.
SO IF WE LOSE THAT, WE ALREADY HAVE 600 ON WAITING AND NOW
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 850 ON WAITING OR THIS COUNCIL IS GOING
TO HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR BUDGET TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE IF
THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE SUPPORT.
SO EVERYBODY HERE NEEDS TO BE CONTACTING NOT NECESSARILY OUR
LEGISLATORS, I THINK GENERALLY EXCEPT FOR ONE FROM PORTSMOUTH
THAT SEEMED TO BRUSH US OFF, BUT I THINK IF YOU CAN CONTACT --
>> OTHERS. >> OTHER LEGISLATORS, IT WOULD
REALLY WILL IMPACT US. MOST LOCALITIES, IT WAS ONLY
ABOUT 50 SLOTS, BUT FOR US, IT WAS VERY HIGH, 250.
>> AND SOME OF OUR SLOTS EVEN GO TO LOCALITIES THAT DO NOT EVEN
USE ALL OF THE SLOTS THAT THEY WERE ALLOTTED.
THE FORMULA WAS DONE, IT WAS A HOLD HARMLESS LAST YEAR, SO WE
KEPT OUR NUMBERS. THIS YEAR, THIS COMING SCHOOL
YEAR IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE 250-SOMETHING CHILDREN IN
PRESCHOOL, AND THEN NEXT YEAR, WE'LL LOSE MORE CHILDREN IN
PRESCHOOL. AND OTHER LOCALITIES WILL GET
THOSE SLOTS. SOME DOUBLED THEIR SLOTS THAT
THEY GOT, AND AGAIN, LIKE COUNCILMAN SAID, SOME OF THEM
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND SOME OF THEM
DIDN'T EVEN USE THE SLOTS THAT THEY HAD.
[ INAUDIBLE COMMENTS ] >> IT WAS APPARENTLY BROUGHT UP
AT THE MEETING, I MUST HAVE MISSED IT, I THINK IT WAS A SIDE
CONVERSATION, BUT IT WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED, BUT DR. SIMMONS WAS
UP THERE WORKING IT TOO AND BRYAN HAS BEEN ON IT THE MINUTE
THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TIGHT BECAUSE REALLY TO DO THE HOLD
HARMLESS, IT'S GOING TO NEED $23 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE
STATE IN HOLD HARMLESS, SO THEY CAN'T JUST SINGLE OUT NORFOLK
AND SAVE OUR 250 SLOTS, THEY HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE --
>> EVERYBODY'S. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE FORMULA
OVERALL. >> THEY'RE BASING IT OFF OF
PRE-K -- I MEAN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT, NOT ACTUALLY YOUR
POPULATION, AND THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE IS.
>> SO THE FORMULA ITSELF NEEDS TO BE REVISED BECAUSE OTHERWISE
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
>> BRYAN DID A GOOD JOB. >> HE DID A REALLY GOOD, MAKING
SURE WE GOT TO ALL THE DELEGATES AND LEGISLATORS.
WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH DELEGATE ALEXANDER -- I'M SORRY,
SENATOR ALEXANDER WHO'S ON THE OEI BOARD AND I THINK IT WAS
GOOD CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE
GOING, WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DOING, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN AND
WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BUT THIS ISSUE, IT DOES AFFECT --
>> IS THIS GOING BEFORE COMMITTEE?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BUDGETARY --
>> IT WAS IN THE TERM BUDGET AND THEN McDONNELL BUT IT --
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO HIM.
>> WE'LL HAVE BRYAN LET US KNOW TO TESTIFY WHEN IT COMES UP
BEFORE COMMITTEE? I MEAN, ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET
IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE WHEN -- IS TO TESTIFY.
>> THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING NOW, NOBODY KNOWS WHERE
THESE ARE HAPPENING. IT VERY CONFUSING -- ALL THE
LOBBYISTS UP THERE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THESE AMENDMENTS
AND THINGS ARE COMING UP AND IT'S A COMPLICATED THING.
WE STRIDE TO GET TOMMY NORMENT BEFORE HE WENT INTO HIS
COMPLERKT BUT IT WASN'T -- COMMITTEE, BUT IT WASN'T
DISCUSSED BECAUSE IT'S A BUDGETARY ISSUE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE IN APPROPRIATIONS, FIRST OF ALL,
COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET AND THEN HOUSE AND THE CONFEREES
WILL TAKE A SHOT AT IT. >> WE'VE GOT AT LEAST -- I MEAN,
WE'VE GOT GOOD REPRESENTATION IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE NOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME. >> BUT A RESOLUTION OR ANYTHING
FROM US AT ALL? >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE NEED TO GET ONE DRAFTED. >> WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING?
>> AND WE CAN SEND STOIT ALL THE ENTIRE -- NOT JUST OUR PEOPLE,
BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE GOOD. >> WE DON'T MEET UNTIL THE 25th?
>> IT'S PREACHING TO THE CHOIR WITH OUR PEOPLE.
JUST THE RESIST OF THE -- >> HOW ABOUT A LETTER FROM PAUL?
>> YEAH, PAUL'S LETTER WOULD CARRY THE WEIGHT.
AM I RIGHT? >> WE CAN GET A LETTER OUT RIGHT
AWAY. SAY REPRESENTING THE
UNANIMOUS -- >> YEAH, IT'S EIGHT DAYS --
SESSION ENDS EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE 25th SO THEY'LL BE VOTING ON
THE BUDGET SOMETIME. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A
RESOLUTION TOO. >> LET'S GET BRYAN TO WRITE IT
FOR YOU. >> OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO -- THE OTHER TWO AGENDA ITEMS ARE BASICALLY
REPORTS WHICH WE'LL DO NEXT WEEK.
OKAY. LET'S GO RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY.