Heard/seen while spending the morning at the Capitol...
- All of the Democrats and most of the Republicans in the lege are in the dark about what is going on with the budget this week - all of the talks are going on behind closed doors, and unless you are part of a certain special clique, you aren't invited.
- The Governor held a press conference in the quad in front of the Old Capitol building to declare today "Jeff Gordon" Day (aka - "Jan Brewer is running for election this year and wants to get the state's NASCAR fans on her side" Day). Brewer, Kirk Adams, and Bob Burns were all there, but the biggest crowd (both MSM and average citizen) was around Gordon.
- There will be a Senate Third Read (final passage) session at 1:00 p.m and a House COW (Committee of the Whole) session at 1:30 p.m (agenda here and here). If it wasn't for those (and planned floor sessions later in the week), most legislators would have headed for home already. This is a (hopefully) shorter version of last year's Bob Burns-mandated "no bills until the budget is passed" debacle.
- I'm not naming names, but as I am writing this, I am listening to an unnamed tour guide with what looks to be a junior high or early HS class. He's trying really hard, but he has massacred Latin - "pro tem" does not mean "second in command", and the House normally meets at 1:30 p.m., not 10 a.m. Also, the Governor isn't allowed on the floor of either chamber without being granted floor privileges first (though nobody can remember the last time that a Governor was denied floor privileges).
...More later...
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