cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 58,046

                                                    1. At the LOB for today's hearings; schedule display seems to be down... if only visitors could help debug it! #NHPolitics
                                                      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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                                                    I'm back in MCG again... only hearing one bill today before we go into executive session: HB1665, which would establish a municipal road and bridge disaster relief fund.
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                                                  Rep. Judy Aron is telling us about recent flooding in Acworth.
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                                                I'm reminded of the October 2005 floods in Alstead, but I can only find a few sentences about those in the Alstead Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstead,_New_Hampshire
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                                              Meanwhile the floods the next spring in the rest of the state (including Concord) have their entire own article (which I've edited): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_New_England_flood
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                                            The floods Rep. Aron is telling us about were in 2021, though
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                                          apparently the floods in 2005 and 2006 mostly just damaged state roads, while these most recent ones damaged municipal roads
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                                        Rep. Jess Edwards is joining Rep. Aron at the testimony table
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                                      interesting how the sponsor list for this is mostly Republicans (only Dem in the sponsor list that jumps out at me is @kahnjay), when "bridges and roads" is primarily an argument that Dems use against Libertarians...
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                                    I like the idea behind this bill, since I like roads and bridges, but it sounds like there are some drafting issues with it that might require an amendment...
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                                  Republicans know the term "mutual aid"! :-O
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                                I wonder if they know the anarcho-socialist meaning of "mutual aid" as defined by Kropotkin, or if they're using the term more informally...
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                              Rep. Ken Weyler is testifying in favor of HB1665
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                            .@Walt_Stapleton is testifying in support of HB1665
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                          Natch Greyes of the NHMA supports HB1665
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                        ok hearing is closed; onto executive session
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                      we've got @mariapz1974 and @LauraTelerski substituting for @LaurelStavis and @LathaMangipudi today, and Jeannie Notter substituting for some Republican
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                    Also @PatLongMHT is substituting for @susantdotcom
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                  ok so we're exec-ing HB1029, on the Claremont Police Commission
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                HB1029 OTPs unanimously, 19-0, and goes on the consent calendar
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              HB1046, on the election of Sullivan County commissioners, is next for exec-ing.
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            OTP motion for 1046 fails along party lines, 10-9, which seems odd, since it didn't seem like a partisan bill?
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          Closest thing to an argument I've heard from Republicans against HB1046 is that they think HB1397 replaces it, but... it doesn't? That's just about term length for Rockingham County officers, which is a completely separate issue from how Sullivan County elects its officers.
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        motion to ITL HB1046 passes by the same margin that the motion to OTP it failed by; on to HB1112...
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      HB1112 is @JulieDGilman1's bill for competitive bidding in all NH counties, which she thought to file after we killed a similar bill to do so for just Carroll County last year, on the grounds that it ought to be for all counties instead.
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    now Republicans want to ITL this bill because they don't think it should actually be for all counties after all
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      Motion to ITL HB1112 passes 10-9 along party lines; Republicans have no interest in remaining internally consistent, it seems
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        Next is HB1275, @RepWilhelm's bill on representation in regional planning commissions. This one is breaking down more along population size lines than party ones
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          Motion to ITL HB1275 passes 16-3; I was one of the 3 no votes, along with @ivyvann and @PatLongMHT
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            Hey @RepWilhelm I need to DM you for the minority report
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              Next is @Ellen4NH's HB1387, for a property tax homestead exemption
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                Motion to ITL HB1387 passes 17-2; @ivyvann and I were the 2 no votes
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                  I objected to it being put on consent, so it won't go on the consent calendar
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                    small break now
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                      ok now we're exec-ing HB1397, on term length for county officers, increasing it from 2 years to 4. @rosemarierung has an amendment to extend it from Rockingham County to all counties.
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                        I wish my suitjacket fit me better
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                          Rep. Rung's amendment to HB1397 passes unanimously; onto the bill as a whole...
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                            bill as amended passes by the same margin
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                              next is HB1277, about reporting of cybersecurity incidents
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                                tempted to vote no on this, but I won't
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                                  HB1277 OTPs unanimously, 19-0, and goes on the consent calendar
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                                    ok that's the last bill for today; time to adjourn...