The Transportation committee finished its work yesterday so I have no committee meetings today, but closely watching Appropriations activity. HB 1515, my outdoor alcohol service flexibility bill for the World Cup made it, and it looks like Transit Oriented Development may also...🤞🏾#waleg - ThreadSky

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staterepjuliareed.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The Transportation committee finished its work yesterday so I have no committee meetings today, but closely watching Appropriations activity. HB 1515, my outdoor alcohol service flexibility bill for the World Cup made it, and it looks like Transit Oriented Development may also...🤞🏾#waleg

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staterepjuliareed.bsky.social•3 days ago

Unfortunately, the bill I really worked on for this session with the strong support of the Governor -- HB 1557, giving guaranteed admission to state universities for qualified students -- isn't scheduled for exec as of now. I'm a little crushed, but hope to try again next session #waleg

staterepjuliareed.bsky.social•3 days ago

With the current budget deficit, any bills that are seen to start "new programs" -- even if just expanding on successful pilots like guaranteed admissions -- face an extreme uphill battle. We fought hard for this bill and took it pretty far, so I'm optimistic we will be successful next time #waleg

staterepjuliareed.bsky.social•3 days ago

Part of what makes this job so hard is you have to put your whole self and heart into a policy, form the best coalition of stakeholders and partners, fight for it like hell, and it can still fail for reasons totally out of your control and having nothing to do with how good/bad the policy is #waleg

staterepjuliareed.bsky.social•3 days ago

So you give yourself a little while to mourn and then you pick yourself up and get prepped for next session -- which is only 10 months away! There are no permanent defeats around here. #waleg

staterepjuliareed.bsky.social•3 days ago

While I keep a weather eye on the Appropriations activity, I'm also taking today to prep and reset so I can be in the best place to be effective during the House floor session next week. Cleaning, laundry, meal prep -- I want to look and feel my best so I an show up the best for the work #waleg

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