http://community.planetjh.com Jackson Hole Wyoming Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:12:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en      The budget was signed this morning by the Governor.  Some highpoints of the budget that Rep. Gingery worked on and made sure that they passed   $2.5 million into the Wildlife Trust Fund $2 million into the Cultural Trust Fund   $685,000 for telepsychiatry --- Rep. Gingery serves as the Co Chair of the Select ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/03/wyoming-budget-for-2010-2011/ There are some hundred billion galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars... ten billion trillion.  In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet? -Carl Sagan There is no greater "drug free" reality shift ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/the-et-equation/ Very good day down here in Cheyenne!!  Representative Elaine Harvey, Rep. Mike Madden, and I were successful in arguing on the Wyoming House of Representatives Floor this afternoon to get the developmental disability funding reinstated.  This has been a hard fight and we are not out of the woods yet.  As ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/funds-back-in-budget-for-developmental-disability/ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE NEWS RELEASE   FOR RELEASE: Immediately CONTACT: Wendy Madsen, Legislative Information Officer or Anthony Sara, Associate Legislative Information Officer TO REACH: (307) 777-7881   2010 BUDGET SESSION REACHES BILL CROSSOVER PERIOD   CHEYENNE - After convening just a few short weeks ago, the Wyoming Legislature has reached *halftime* of the 2010 Budget Session. Tuesday marked ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/12-way-through-2010-wyoming-legislative-session/ Interview regarding DUI and gun laws on Wyoming Public Radio.  Can be heard at the link below. Interview on Wyoming Public Radio http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/interview-on-wyoming-public-radio/   Senator Barrasso, Senator Enzi, and Congresswoman Lummis each spoke to the Wyoming Legislature on Friday.  All 3 had a common theme that Congress could learn a lot from the Wyoming Legislature.  Specifically we only have one subject per bill, the amendments are germane, we balance our budget, the ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/wyoming-congressional-delegation-visits-wyoming/ Representative Colin Simpson, the Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives has been working for years for improvements to our health care system.  Below is a letter that he sent out earlier today describing some of the bills that he is working on. As this budget session continues, there are two ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/speaker-simpson-and-health-care/ [reprinted from  an 11/7 edition of the JH Weekly, letters to the editor] "Where's the 757 in these 9/11 photos?  Anyone, anyone, anyone..." When the empirical Dark Lords of the Bush and Bin Laden regimes began choreographing 9/11 they failed to foresee a fateful flaw in their sinister plans to wage their ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/the-youtube-revolution/ The Wyoming Legislature is trying an experiment today in allowing testimony before a standing legislative committee by videoconference.  Usually, in order to testify in support or opposition to a bill before the legislature you have to travel all the way to Cheyenne and appear in person.  The legislature has set ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/transparency-and-access-to-government/ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE NEWS RELEASE   FOR RELEASE: Immediately CONTACT: Wendy K. Madsen, Legislative Information Officer or Anthony Sara, Associate Legislative Information Officer TO REACH: (307) 777-7881   VIDEO CONFERENCING AVAILABLE THURSDAY FOR PUBLIC DURING CONSIDERATION OF TWO HOUSE BILLS   CHEYENNE -  Representative Keith Gingery, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Committee ... http://community.planetjh.com/index.php/2010/02/testify-to-the-legislature-from-jackson/