Legislative Duty Tough To Juggle For One Lawmaker
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
State Representative Jeremy Hutchinson says
juggling law school with his legislative obligations have made it
difficult for him to fully participate in a special session on
education reform.
So he has had colleagues cast several votes on his behalf.
Hutchinson says as the votes have come up, he has e-mailed or
phoned colleagues and told them whether to push the Yes or No
button on his voting machine.
Hutchinson says he never expected the session to last eight
weeks, and is afraid to miss too many classes at law school.
Hutchinson defended the practice of having others cast votes on
a legislators` behalf, saying it was commonplace.
Another legislator with similar responsibilities is
Representative Jeff Wood, who graduated from law school in December
and is studying for the bar exam. He also is in the National Guard
and faces possible deployment to Iraq.
Wood says he took his law classes at night so he could attend
all legislative meetings.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
