UPDATE - H.B. 218 is successfully passed out of committee with a UNANIMOUS favorable recommendation!
Once again we provide an audio link to this morning's House Government Operations Committee hearing, wherein Rep. Gage Froerer's H.B. 218 (Municipal Disincorporation Revisions) has been re-set from Monday morning to item #3 on this morning's committee calender. If all goes according to plan, the below audio link should automatically go "live" around 8:30 a.m.:
• realPlayer AudioWe'd also like to thank our many readers who submitted their supportive emails to Rep. Froerer and HGOC Committee members during the last few days. After a sluggish start, thanks to your vigorous efforts, the volume of correspondence finally picked up quite substantially.
• MP3 Audio
Listen up , folks; and monitor the results of your handiwork!
We'll definitely be sitting on the edges of our seats.
Update 2/5/10 9:41 a.m. MT: After some very brief testimony and discussion of issues, and upon the motion of committee member House Legislative District 9 Representative Neil Hansen, the Committee UNANIMOUSLY passed H.B. 218 out of committee with a favorable recommendation!
Next stop: Full deliberation and debate on the House Floor.
Update 2/5/10 4:00 p.m. : The above"live" audio link has now been replaced with recorded audio from today's hearing, in realPlayer and mp3 formats. The HB 218 sequence begins @ approximately 50:41.