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May 23, 2006
What Makes this Special Session so Special?
The much talked about special legislative session is finally here. I say “finally” only because it will be nice to have the session completed and out of the way. I always am surprised at how excited the media and some political types get over a special session when, for most legislators, a special session is not needed.
This year there are only a couple of items that really should be considered in the special session, and Transportation is one of those issues. We need to deal with the transportation issues so UDOT can start planning for next year.
On the other hand, I am very concerned about the Medicaid issues that have been placed on the agenda. As a result, several legislators want to open bill files on budget issues because this section of the budget will be open. This problem is just what we were concerned about and why we didn’t want to deal with this issue now. We have a task force that will be meeting to discuss Medicaid and give direction to the legislature next year. Why couldn’t we have waited until then? Well, I guess that isn’t our call.
It should be a very interesting day or two.
Posted by Jeff at May 23, 2006 05:55 PM