Actually Kurt, there's pros and cons to both ways. Having the 2/3 majority rule has put us in a really difficult position in trying to honestly fix stuff too. It allows the minority to have a huge amount of power, and allows them to derail even things that have the best of intentions...
Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary rant True enough, but given the foolishness pulling in so many directions at once, a requirement for a supermajority makes sure that a lot of it cancels itself out. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 16:53, Jonathan Link<jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > When it comes to politics, regardless of your ideological persuasion, there > is no limit to the level of foolishness involved. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 13:32, Joe Heaton<jhea...@etp.ca.gov> wrote: >> > Our republican governator has been fighting with our Democratic >> > legislature, and using the state workers as pawns in his games. ��He >> > threatened federal minimum wage late last year, and he may bring that >> > back into the picture come May-June of next year, when they're trying to >> > establish a budget for 2010/2011�� I'm part of a union that came to an >> > agreement on a contract in early Feb., and he had his Republican cronies >> > squash the passing of the contract at that time, because it limited >> > members to a single furlough day, and had unprecedented layoff >> > protections in it�� I hear that it may come back to the floor during >> > their next session, but I honestly can't see it passing now either.���It >> > wouldn't be as bad if we didn't require a 2/3 majority for so many >> > things, such as the budget, and the contract thing. >> > >> > Joe Heaton >> > Employment Training Panel >> >> I wish the US Congress and all the States had a 2/.3 requirement for >> budgets and spending. That would kill a lot of foolishness. >> >> Kurt >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>���~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
