tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989945.post-33622078487050795612008-02-26T12:35:00.000-05:002008-02-26T12:35:00.000-05:002008-02-26T12:35:00.000-05:00As I have said elsewhere, fewer meetings of the legislature would lead to fewer anti-gay and anti-church/state separation bills. I have yet to see much proof that meeting annually has produced budgets more quickly (if at all) or solutions to Kentucky's real problems of poverty, poor health care, and funding for education.<BR/><BR/>Instead, the gay community has to spend twice the amount of time and money fighting odious bills. Women's groups have to fight twice the number of bills that restrict reproductive freedom, and the state loses twice as much money fighting the ACLU over the Ten Commandments. <BR/><BR/>As long as legislators can use bills as a form of campaign ad for themselves, this will continue. Changing the filing dates for candidacy until after the session ends might help, or shifting session and primary dates around until the primary precedes the election might help. Assembling in odd years, which are not election years 50% of the time, still strikes me as the best solution.Sarah Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12455113960686270662noreply@blogger.com