Arnold-Jones, webcasting, the final battle?

Rep Janice Arnold-Jones is on the agenda for the House Rules Committee meeting tomorrow; 8:30am, Room 307.

It was almost a year ago to the day, this same committee was meeting to decide whether to "allow" her to continue to webcast for her constituents.

A lot has happened since then; but not enough has happened.

There will not be enough webcasting until we can search user friendly archives of high quality recordings of deliberative meetings of our government.

Arnold-Jones has a webcasting resolution on the table; House Resolution 4, link.

There is no good and ethical reason to delay webcasting for even one more day.

"The right time, to do the right thing, is always right now." unk

Nearly one third of the members of the House, sit on the Rules Committee. This is a perfect pitch* for a final fight.
*the central part of the field; the area between the wickets.

This is the time, the day, and place to have it out, once and for all, on whether the people's business will be open and transparent to them, or not.

If enough people show up at this meeting, expressing their interest in open and transparent government, the issue of webcasting will be settled at once and for all.

This could be the final battle.

If too few people show up, there will be no videotaping of committee meetings, and there will be no searchable archive.

When people say, we get the government we deserve, this is what they mean.

All that is necessary for the culture of corruption and incompetence to prevail in state government, is for good citizens to do nothing. Burke - derived

Those who wait for the perfect circumstances to act,
will find only the perfect excuse to never act at all.

We need people who will step into the breach to lead.

They need people, who will step up beside and around them.




photo Mark Bralley