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Bell: About 133 signed up to testify

JFAC Co-Chairs Rep. Maxine Bell, right, and Sen. Dean Cameron, left, preside over the public hearing on school funding on Friday morning. More than 130 people signed up to testify. (Betsy Russell)

Rep. Maxine Bell told the crowd, “We have just listened to 60 of you, and you’ve been so gracious in allowing us to chop you off. … There are about 133 of you  who signed up.” At this point, she said, she’s going to jump ahead to those remaining on the list who have traveled from other parts of the state. “Those of you who have waited and waited and still haven’t been heard - there’s still technology, and we have computers,” Bell said to a murmur of laughter. “Please get to us.”

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