a dumbfounded Rep. Timothy Horrigan attempts to testify on SB 217
additional commentary by Rep. Timothy Horrigan; October 8, 2012
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Original URL:
http://youtu.be/qc5w2qKUiYI
(Courtesy
of "FreeFringeFighter"
)
This video shows me dropping in
on a meeting of the State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Committee on May 10, 2012 to speak against a non-germane
amendment to
SB 217 "relative to management of Cannon Mountain by the
department of resources and economic development."
This started out as a simple little Senate bill which made a
few
rather sensible changes to the management of Franconia Notch
State
Park and Mount Sunapee State Park. For whatever reason,
Speaker
Bill O'Brien felt the need to ram through a nongermane amendment
banning ICLEI
(the
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
from
the state. ICLEI is apparently part of the UN's
(supposedly)
sinister "Agenda
21." The paranoia over ICLEI and Agenda 21 is
obstructing some good local initiatives (e.g, the city
of Rochester's rezoning plan.)
The May 10 hearing was
called rather abruptly and O'Brien packed the State-Federal
Committee
with the most reactionary group of "ringers" (substitute
committee members) he could find. I wandered into the
hearing
room figuring I could sit down for 2 or 3 minutes to give the
liberal
pro-UN and pro-sustainability view. I assumed I would be
politely ignored: instead I was subjected to some hostile and
almost
unanswerable questions. I held my own, although I look
like a
dweeb during some of the video as I try to politely answer some
truly
dumbfounding— and off-mike— questions. such as why am I against
private property? (I am definitely not against private
property.)
The story has a semi-happy ending: the Senate took
one look at the House Amendment (which passed with no Democratic
support at all, aside from one ultraconservative maverick) and
they
didn't even bother trying to have a conference committee.
The
whole bill died.
a
dumbfounded Rep. Timothy Horrigan attempts to testify on SB
217
My testimony is 12 minutes out of a session which ran for more than 90 minutes. Here is the full video in 4 parts:
Original URL: http://youtu.be/ggNmapr8RoM
Original URL: http://youtu.be/0iQn9DCxRrM
Original URL: http://youtu.be/ezmzRCj1ghw
Original URL: http://youtu.be/Aw9XEjRBGxg
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