“…this will be a much tougher fight because the Democrats who don’t like privatization might be joined by businesses who fear their premiums will rise.”
“…if you’re an existing business in town, … Just keep on coughing up the taxes you owe and finance your own expansion, even as a TIF is subsidizing what may be your competition.”
Is there a better way? …42 states authorize the legislature to do the job; seven use independent commissions and one, Iowa, uses its legislative staffers.
“We need all types of energy, and we need to stop pitting one form against another form.”
“I’m afraid that we might be co-mingling … to the extent that we might not be able to identify where it’s going.”
Sponsor says hurdles to convicts can be daunting; critic say bill attempts “too much, too quickly.’
Critics counter that the measures overreach, are bad for business.
“In this day and age no state contract should be out there without transparency.”
“We’ve been trying a long time to get more people covered. This bill is one mechanism to help them do so.”
“It has worked well for the ski industry, and it ought to be extended to the mountain-bike industry as well.”
