Thu., Jan. 1, 2009
But what the hell do lawmakers do, anyway?
Lots of meetings, apparently. Sixteen times a day.
Here's the daily to-do list for Jan. 21st, posted by Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown on her blog:
9:00 a.m. Meet with Sen. Jim Kastama and Rep. Hans Dunshee to discuss their scholarship bill
9:30 a.m. Meet with Sen. Mike Hewitt to discuss bond bills and homeless bill
10:00 a.m. Meet with Public School Employees from the 3rd District
10:15 a.m. Meet with Tony Lee, Pam Crone and Kim Justice to discuss the removal of asset limits in public benefit programs
10:45 a.m. Meet with the Washington Student Lobby
11:00 a.m. Meet with Marilyn Watkins of the Family Leave Coalition
11:15 a.m. Meet with the Planned Parenthood Teen Lobby
11:45 a.m. MLK Day Summit and March on Capitol
12:00 p.m. SEIU lobby day lunch
1:00 p.m. Meet with Cathy Mann of Voices and members from Spokane to discuss affordable housing, children and family services issues
1:45 p.m. Meet with Joe Dear and Liz Medizabal of the state Investment Board about legislation to recruit and retain state investment officers
2:00 p.m. Meet with Local 1199 members from the 3rd District
2:15 p.m. Meet with Local 925 members from the 3rd District
2:30 p.m. Meet with staff to discuss next week's schedule
3:00 p.m. Washington Education Association weekly meeting
3:30 p.m. Meet with Mitch Friedman of Conservation Northwest
4:30 p.m. Meet with Gov. Gregoire
5:00 p.m. Storm Event Work Group meeting to review budget and policy proposals relations to storm damage response, recovery and restoration