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The sands of time are slowly sifting down to close another 60-day Session of the General Assembly. If the sands had moved as fast as the sands that came off the street and flew in our windows during the recent winds, we would have been home long ago. We plug up the windows with drapes and then force several stacks of regulations against them to stop the wind and sand. They make ideal crack stuffers cause they just don’t bend. (Pun intended.)
We passed a Senate resolution today calling for a referendum by the voters at the next election to limit local governments from getting too far in debt.
The old limit was 18 percent of the real estate assessment. The resolution reduced it to 10 percent, primarily because all counties now assess at 100 percent of market value. None of our counties is anywhere near that figure and I doubt if they ever will be. Anyway it will be up to the voters at the next election.
Three important bills were held until the last minute by committees. Two were killed in committee and one passed. Those killed were one that strengthened the rape law and the other that allowed a jury that finds a criminal guilty to receive the past records before sentencing.
Both of these have been before the House Courts of Justice Committee for several years and each time they get
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