convert to bicameral?
Dear Friends,
A quick note. I just sent the following comments to the Executive Board of the Legislature regarding Senator Erdman’s LR2CA (the hearing is today at noon in Rm 1525):
Subject Line: Support for LR2CA
Executive Board Members,I can’t make the hearing, so I'm writing to express my support for LR2CA.
My reasons for supporting it?
(1) To bring more representation to our 3rd District.
(2) To slow down the legislative process.
(3) To introduce more deliberation into the legislative process.
(4) To provide for more 'check and balance' in the legislative process.Robert J. Borer
The time for online comment is past. So I sent my comments directly to the Board members, and to Senator Erdman’s office. Email addresses are below (for copying and pasting), if you are of like mind and would like to throw your support as well. Feel free to copy and paste my comments if you’d like.
If someone disagrees with my position, please tell me why.
All of the hyperlinks above go to different addresses. The links are provided for ease of educating yourself. The first link goes to the Statement of Intent.
Thanks and God bless,
Robert J. Borer
tbriese@leg.ne.gov,
raguilar@leg.ne.gov,
jarch@leg.ne.gov,
ebostar@leg.ne.gov,
sgeist@leg.ne.gov,
jlowe@leg.ne.gov,
mriepe@leg.ne.gov,
jslama@leg.ne.gov,
tvargas@leg.ne.gov,
rclements@leg.ne.gov,
serdman@leg.ne.gov,
jhunt@leg.ne.gov,
Someone wrote:
Robert:
On this resolution, you and I differ. We need LESS egos (human nature) in legislation, not more. More debating, more money paid in salaries and frankly, more time wasted. Will our sessions have to run longer? I’m not for bloating government when 49 senators can’t get things done.
I responded with this:
Thank you for writing. Our current legislative structure gives too much weight to the first and second congressional districts (our most populated areas- Lincoln and Omaha). But you make a great point, with your question. And because you made such a great point, I just sent a follow-up email to those same senators with this comment:
"One more comment. Amend the Act and reduce legislative sessions to every other year, like TX.
The Texas Legislature meets in regular session on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year. Texas limits the regular session to 140 calendar days."
As for financial concerns, as soon as we get rid of ES&S (the voting machines), we'll start saving tens of millions of dollars.
...and at the same time, we'll start electing better people and better deliberators (emphasis on "electing," not having people s-elected for us).
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Other thoughts, anyone?
Thank you for keeping us up on what’s going on! Thank you for letting us know your opinion, I’m agreeing with you on this