04.23.07
Time’s A Wastin’
Ben Wear’s column today is a recap of what most of us knew a week or so ago, Big toll road bill has lawmakers nervous, better late than never. He was first on the scene with the news that Sen. Carona postponed a hearing on the “big toll road bill”, aka SB 1929, until Wednesday. While Ben’s not willing to make a prediction:
Legislating, and watching legislating, is like playing simultaneous, multilevel chess. You have to be really smart to pass bills or to predict what will pass.At this point, I’m just smart enough to refrain from predicting.
The best prediction at this point is that as far as all the pro-private tollers are considered, no news is good news. Meaning that if nothing gets done this session they’ll be happy. With the gas tax indexing bill stuck, and the moratorium bills needing to get through one chamber or the other before May 16th, so the governor’s veto can be overridden, it’s likely that nothing is exactly what will happen.