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Separate thread for MCG hearing; attending the ED&A subcommittee work session caused me to miss HB1406 (Tim Egan's compost bill, which I'm also on), and HB1055, about the property tax exemption for the disabled/deafPermalink On twitter.com
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Next is HB1069, Norm Silber's bill on village district commissioners in Belknap CountyPermalink On twitter.com
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he's making a big deal about why he's not wearing a mask... (already had COVID, apparently)Permalink On twitter.com
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Howard Epstein, some village district commissioner in Belknap County, also testified in favor of HB1069. He said something about @Gunstockmtn being relevant here?Permalink On twitter.com
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Next up is HB1081, relative to the dissolution of a village district. Rep. Jonathan Smith, the bill's prime sponsor, presented it to us.Permalink On twitter.com
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basically it just changes the threshold for dissolving a village district from 2/3rds to a simple majority. Petty simple bill; we've got a relatively large gap now before the next bill is scheduled...Permalink On twitter.com
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Next is @joshyokela presenting HB1267, which would make it more difficult for towns and cities to close roads and sidewalks.Permalink On twitter.com
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I feel so out-of-place in this state when most people are talking about how town governments work, while I live in a city, and city governments work pretty different from towns...Permalink On twitter.com
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he had to leave early to go to another bill; sounds like he was double-booked today like I was...Permalink On twitter.com
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Katherine Heck of the NHMA gave us some brief testimony against HB1267... another gap before the next bill...Permalink On twitter.com
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Next is HB1272, a really bad bill to limit the authority of town health officers, brought forward by free-staters mad about not being allowed to spread COVID. Rep. Harvey-Bolia is introducing it to us.Permalink On twitter.com
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The bill is on the @DemsBelknap radar: @DemsBelknap/1438940416770985995Permalink On twitter.com
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Sounds like we might have more amendments incoming for HB1272...On twitter.com
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Natch Greyes of the NHMA is testifying against HB1272Permalink On twitter.com
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Mat Cahillane of DHHS is now testifying against HB1272; he is sticking up for how town health officers are already doing a good jobPermalink On twitter.com
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ok so that's it for testimony on HB1272; fewer people testified on it than I expected... I guess everyone is over in the Education Committee hearing instead...Permalink On twitter.com
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MCG hearing is over; Dems on it are sticking around to caucus...Permalink On twitter.com
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