Posted by Barry Jantz at 12:00 am on Dec 05, 2006 Comments Off on Quick Sacto Turnaround
A quick up-and-back for me yesterday for the swearing-in.
Shirley Horton was gracious enough to let me hitch a ride from
the airport to the capitol. It’s hard to believe she is
starting her last term in the assembly. Time flies. I
guess the competitive AD 78 will now be heating up for ’08.
I caught up with our new SD legislators. "It’s been a long
time coming," Joel Anderson told me, slightly taken aback that his
college roommate was now putting him on the record for the
FlashReport. "We’ve been working on this for two years — it’s
great to be able to celebrate with family and friends."
Yadda, yadda. Okay, Joel, now say something that I don’t
expect every other freshman up here to regurgitate. Like,
what’s your first piece of legislation?
OK, that did it, then he gets the twinkle in his eye.
Anderson wants to pursue adequate funding for San Diego’s traffic
management system, which apparently doesn’t address traffic
congestion on a 7-24 basis, unlike four other SoCal counties.
I wouldn’t necessarily call that meat and potatoes legislation, but
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