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Show The strobe light on the Capitol S only a sign Wilson's write The strobe light that flashes on op of the Capitol is appropriate o some of the things that go on mder the dome. Tuesday 1 went o witness the Governor's State of he State address to the Legisla-ure. Legisla-ure. It looks like we might make t through another year, but more in that later. I happened to arrive n time to watch the House in fiction before the Governor's ap-Viearance ap-Viearance and it was interesting. After Rep. Howe, Speaker of he House, called the House to irder roll was taken on the new Jectronic voting system. I do lope more representatives find ut where their yes button is it vould make things go a bit faster. Vfter the Rules Committee's re-ort re-ort was mumbled inaudibly over he microphone, it was moved hat the report be adopted. The notion passed by a voice vote. I vould like to have taken a poll of he representatives to find out low many actually knew what hey had voted on. The new bills were read, this ime bya younger clerk whomyou ;ould almost understand, and referred re-ferred to the proper committee by rlouse Speaker Howe. Rep. Ar-nickle Ar-nickle then asked the Speaker for - personal priviledge to announce hat all the legislators were invited :o the clearance sale that Mac's Clothes Tree was going to have at ihe State Fair Grounds and that le would pass around letters of ntroduction so that members ;ould go the day before the sale jpened to the public to pick out what they wanted. I was surprised at the number Df women representatives there ire in the state of Utah. The Drder of Women Legislators presented pre-sented the new women representatives representa-tives with corsages. It was noted that one of the legislators was a descendent of John Quincy Adams. The Senate joined the House in a Joint Convention, as the term goes, and a committee was appointed ap-pointed to escort Governor Ramp-ton Ramp-ton to the House Chamber. While they were gone Senate President Haven Barlow introduced the governor's gov-ernor's mother and his wife, and other dignitaries who were in the chamber to find out what the state of the state was. Personal privilege was extended to members mem-bers of the Senate and House who mentioned some of the people who Senator Barlow didn't see. Among these were the governor's brother, who was at one time a state senator and his wife and the governor's aunt. Sen. Barlow announced that it was expected that the Governor's message would take about an hour and a half and the Senate and House would reconvene at 2 p.m. At 11 a.m. the Governor and his escorts entered the House. In case you haven't read or heard by now that State is okay and looking forward to an improving economy, eco-nomy, greater development, more low income housing, water and air pollution control, procedures for teacher negotiations and in Drug Abuse and Alcholism reform treatment. I am glad that we have a governor gover-nor with a sense of humor. After about the first 20 minutes of his speech the audience began to get restless, the governor took off his glasses, looked around and said, "It's as long up here as it is down there." I have the feeling that the 43 working days that the Legislature has to go are going to be long too. It is estimated that there will be at least 700 bills introduced this session. Good Luck! Of course I know they could eliminate about 15 of them if they weren't concerned con-cerned about over reacting to Jerry Jer-ry Rubin and the events of last spring. Anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to observe the Legislature Legis-lature in action or inaction (as the case may be) should do it because it is an experience. |