RE: political change
Will Arnold (warnold@coop.ext.colostate.edu)
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 10:36:00 -0700
A few years ago I heard someone on NPR relate how they thought
if we moved the decision makers out of Washington D.C. and held
legislative sessions every two years in different states we would
remove much of the corruption we now face. I really liked the idea.
The scerio would go something like this. For the House we elect
representatives to serve four year terms, (Senate stays 6) butboth
houses only meet every two years. Each state makes available on
a rotational basis their state houses for a 12 week session. All
business not accomplished would table over until next session.
The President has the authority to call special sessions in times of
dire need that would meet in D. C.. Committee work ( where I think
the most damage is done anyway would begin over e-mail) and
then the last four weeks of the normal yearly session (off year)
would be devoted to this work in various sites around the U.S.. I
don't know what we would do with all those buildings but maybe we
could quit building new ones for quite some time and rent out the
others for other purposes. Of course this is pie in the sky but I
liked the concept. Will
Will Arnold
Regional Extension Specialist/RC&D
Community Development
P.O. Box 157
Hugo CO 80821
(719)743-2370 ext 112
warnold@coop.ext.colostate.edu
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