Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Weigh In On State Tartan

The bill to designate the state tartan has been scheduled for a public hearing.  Here are the details:

Assembly Bill 212 has been scheduled for a public hearing by Committee on State Affairs in the Assembly. 
Date/time: November 28, 2007 at 1:30 PM. 
Location: 415 Northwest

Be sure to show up and tell your elected officials that 66 threads of muted blue is too much and only 6 threads of scarlet is an insult! 

For the record, the fiscal estimate says that this will cost $750, but that it should be able to be absorbed in the existing budget.

(13) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1801 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. It’s not like our legislators have anything more important to do. These guys actually expect to be paid for this?

    Posted by pdigaudio on November 20, 2007 at 1950 hrs


  2. And they called me crazy.

    Posted by Cindy on November 20, 2007 at 2027 hrs


  3. These clown legislators should be ashamed to put their names on crap like this, or is it possible clowns have no shame?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 20, 2007 at 2039 hrs


  4. I don’t think they have any shame to be honest. With a tax and regulatory climate driving businesses anywhere but here, they have to piddle around with nonsense like this.

    Posted by pdigaudio on November 20, 2007 at 2127 hrs


  5. I always thought a giant blue star on a silver background would be nice.

    Posted by james wigderson on November 20, 2007 at 2248 hrs


  6. A sure sign that they recognize this is at least a little silly is that the authors have exercised their prerogative to use the “by request of” portion of the heading.  Legislators can do that for every bill, but it’s usually reserved for things that are ceremonial, like resolutions and whatnot.  Personally, I always thought it would be funny if we required legislators to list interest groups in that clause when they come to leggies with pre-drafted ideas.  I’d love to see “by request of WEAC” or “by request of WMC” at the top of a bill.

    And as it goes, a stupid bill like this doesn’t require a lot of time or resources.  There are other bills on this hearing, and there are a bunch of committee hearings on the 28th, so nobody is getting paid per diem to come in and talk about this.  The bill itself is so simple that it probably took a salaried drafter 15 minutes to put it together, and that likely involved nothing other than translating a document from the Saint Andrew’s Society into drafter-ese.

    The manpower and resources devoted to high-profile bills that have no chance of passing or withstanding a veto (e.g. TABOR, Healthy Wisconsin) are a far, far greater waste of taxpayer time and resources than something little and insignificant like this.  If your concern is the Legislature wasting taxpayer resources, that’s where you should direct your outrage.  A piddly bill like this is small potatoes and costs next to nothing in terms of time or resources to develop.  It’s not even worth getting upset about.

    That said, it’s still a stupid bill and I hope somebody amends it because they don’t like the color scheme.

    Posted by Recess Supervisor on November 21, 2007 at 0023 hrs


  7. We should make state prisoners wear the tartan.  That should be the pattern of the jumpsuits.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 21, 2007 at 0139 hrs


  8. Yes, and legislators should be required to wear suits and dresses with said pattern when on the floor.

    Posted by Recess Supervisor on November 21, 2007 at 0235 hrs


  9. At least those who vote for it or co-sponsor it (either this version or any other)....

    Waste not, want not, yes?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 21, 2007 at 0915 hrs


  10. Clowns have no shame; I should know.

    Mmmm….fish sticks with tartan sauce.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 21, 2007 at 1033 hrs


  11. Interesting that you do not call out by name the two conservative Republican legislators who authored this bill!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 23, 2007 at 0908 hrs


  12. Must not have been around long enough to have seen the discussion eons ago when this first came up.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 23, 2007 at 1008 hrs


  13. Actually, Jeskewitz is no conservative. A RINO, a tax and spend lefty is more like it. And Lazich, while having moved to the right when necessary, provided the vote that made Sgt. Dale “I Know Nothing” Schultz GOP leader in the Senate last legislative term, which effectively put the Democrats in control.

    Posted by pdigaudio on November 23, 2007 at 1727 hrs


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