I trust that most of you are aware of the recent developments concerning DSS and particularly the resignation of its director a few days ago. I am saddened and deeply troubled that it took so long for the director and the governor (who appoints the director) to understand that almost no one had any confidence [...]
The state budget passed on Wednesday. The House and Senate did not have a conference committee on the budget, and this lack of transparency and opportunity for public input was one reason I voted against it. This literally was a backroom negotiation, and it was presented late on Wednesday to the Senate as a done [...]
The House and Senate have arrived at a compromise version of the Ethics bill. It would require the disclosure of legislator income, but it really has little if any other virtue. The is no independent review and enforcement mechanism, and so there is no reason to believe that the outcome of any future ethics charges [...]
Can you imagine waking up one day to find that you and your children are living next to a sexual predator? Well, this happened recently in Roebuck. I then filed a bill following a town hall where I listened to the story of convicted sex offenders moving into a residential neighborhood without anyone knowing beforehand. [...]
