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My first committee hearing as a legislator is starting in 25 minutes! I'm on the Municipal & County Affairs Committee; I'll start live-tweeting the hearing as it starts. #NHPolitics
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uh oh, audio isn't exactly off to a good start...
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ok I think we're getting started for real now
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note to self: remember that we actually have to stand for the pledge, and thus I'll need to make sure my pants are presentable for future sessions...
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First up is @ivyvann's bill HB340 on open containers, which she is withdrawing due to having learned it's redundant. #NHPolitics
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Next up is Norm Silber's HB459 on budgeting for counties, municipalities, school districts, etc. Previously I'd heard it was just codifying existing practice, but recently I've learned there might be more to listen for, so, let's see. #NHPolitics
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Justin W. Campo of Londonderry is now testifying against HB459; he raises some decent points.
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Now Skip Murphy from GraniteGrok is testifying in favor of HB459; that makes me liable to oppose it. #NHPolitics
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HB459 seems basically like a "Prevent local governments from spending money on good things" bill. #NHPolitics
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Becky Benvenuti of the NHMA is testifying against HB459, continuing the trend of me finding myself agreeing more with the "con" voices on this bill than the "pro" ones. #NHPolitics
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Norm Silber isn't exactly helping his case with his responses to @nhrepPorter's questions here.
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OK onto the next bill; I'd say I oppose HB459 at this point. #NHPolitics
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Here comes HB586! This is the one we've been getting all the emails about; could take awhile... (it's on housing) #NHPolitics
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Rep. Joe Alexander is testifying in favor of HB586 to start off this next section. (He's talking about @NH_OSI which is my Dad's office!) #NHPolitics
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.@StayWorkPlay, NH Business-Industrial Association, and @NHhfa all support HB586; I see the first and third of those as points in its favor, at least. #NHPolitics
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.@bfrostNHHFA just wrapped up testifying in favor of HB586; wish he had a bit more time... #NHPolitics
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Joseph Garruba testifying against HB586 now; none of his points are very convincing to me. #NHPolitics
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Wow the blue sheet numbers don't match the numbers of emails we've been getting on this at all (emails have been generally opposed to HB586; blue sheets generally support HB586) #NHPolitics
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Rep. Lascelles, I'm glad to hear you'd like to promote diversity, but if you'd like to do so, maybe don't refer to there being a "standard ethnicity". Like, I know what you mean, just maybe consider rewording. Glad to have your support for HB586 though. #NHPolitics
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Carmen Lorentz just gave an extremely quick testimony in favor of HB586; I kind of missed it. #NHPolitics
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Aaron Penkacik now testifying against HB586; here come the property value arguments... sounds like a NIMBY. I don't get why people hate density so much; density is good. #NHPolitics
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Margaret Byrnes of the NH Municipal Association just testified as being "neutral" on HB586, which I thought would be pointless at first, but apparently that's actually a move to being more positive on this bill than they previously were (they previously opposed it). #NHPolitics
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Missed the Mt. Washington area guy's name... anyways, Taylor Caswell of the NH Business something or other with a quick testimony in favor of HB586 followed up by... this is going too quickly; I need to improve my typing speed... #NHPolitics
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Housing advocates and realtors agree in their support HB586. I guess it was just some weirdo NIMBYs in Bedford and Hollis who opposed it... #NHPolitics
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.@W_Stewart of @StayWorkPlay giving testimony in favor of HB586 now; he is making some pretty good points. #NHPolitics
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.@Doug_Marino of @603Forward (speaking for himself) testifying in favor of HB586; I know him so it's good to hear his testimony! #NHPolitics
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.@molly_lunn testifying in favor of HB586, too; consensus of testifiers seems pretty heavily in favor of the bill overall! We'll be exec-ing this bill on the afternoon of the 8th. #NHPolitics
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onto HB101 which is something specific to Carroll County now. #NHPolitics
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...uh... I didn't really catch much of that... guy's voice was kinda muffled... anyways, onto the next bill: HB164, which Patrick Abrami is speaking on. It's about the demolition/disposal of buildings. #NHPolitics
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There doesn't seem to be any opposition to this one; we might exec it today. #NHPolitics
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Some guy wants us to combine this with some other bill? Can we just act on it as is already? #NHPolitics
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"OTP": "Ought To Pass" or "One True Pair"? #AcronymAmbiguity
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OK we just OTP-ed HB164 unanimously; onto HB445 now... Rep. Glenn Cordelli is introducing it. It's on competitive bidding and Carroll County. #NHPolitics
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"This amendment replaces the entire bill." ...oh good grief.
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breaktime! Be back in a few
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ok we're back for HB560 now; this one is a Rockingham County specific one; they want to move to a 4-year election cycle. #nhpolitics
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Committee seems pretty uniformly confused as to why this is just for Rockingham County and not for other counties. #NHPolitics
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Feedback session after the hearing is going on a while; let's adjourn already...
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ok we're done!