Poge Ten THE MICNiIGAN DAILY Tuesday, July 16, 974 PaeTnTEMCIA ALVTedy uy1,17 Final State Legislature sessior (Continued fi am Page 4r amendment - the committees just couldn't get out the perti- nent literature," he complained. "EVEN WORSE," he contin- ued, "if something gets added to a piece of legislation at the last minute, your constituency never finds out." State Rep. Perry Bullard (D- Ann Arbor) merely shrugged his shoulders over the drawn - out session. "It's almost inevitable in hu- man group behavior this will occur - people always put off decisions until faced with dead- lines." However, he added cynically, "if we had adjourned midnight Saturday and started again lat- er that day we would have seen the same results." Bullard was mildly annoved with delays in campaign reform bill action: "Such confusion! On one hand there was public pressure to pass the bill, and on the other the fact that the bill was discussed in between budget debates." "It's like finishing an all- nighter without feeling the sat- isfaction of being able to see the paper you've completed," he explained. Bullard and Bursley agreed that the education bill was rammed through "That left me good 'n mad," exclaimed Burs- ley. The Appropriations Com- mittee slipped the parochial aid provision in at the last minute. This was a policy decision, not a financial one, which is their function." THE BILL provides $700 mil- lion to the state's public and private schools, grades K - 12. The controversial amendment includes a provision to supply books and other resources to private and public schools, be- ginning next year. Both legislators agreed that the House and Senate Appropri- ation Committees have the most to gain when the pressure mounts. "We can only afford to 'take it' with no time to 'leave it' when it comes down to the last minutes. According to Burs- ley, the Committee has a more elaborate staff and the advan- tage of long-tem preparation on the budgetary issues, compared to the average senator. Compos- ed of 17 senior representatives and 10 senators respectively, the House and Senate Appropri- ation Committees can exercise veto power over any legislation which increases state spending. Nevertheless, Bullard ad- mitted "some satisfaction with the session's results: "We work- ed hard, and tapped much in- terest", he said. While Bullard waited out the entire 22 hour session in the House chambers, pausing only to read Lorenz' Nine Deadly Sins of Civilization, Bursley found temporary solace in his office where loudspeakers al- lowed him to hear the proceed- ings. Other senators, they said,. dozed in the chambers or laid on backroom couches. "THE LEADERSHIP W A S more tired than the younger Reps, said Bullard. "We were able to carry on hard-hitting debate as a result." After proofreading tbe passed bills until noon Saturday, Burs- ley relaxed by swimming a quarter mile at the nearby YM- CA, and later returned to Ann Arbor to read his backlog of mail and doze in the sun. Meanwhile Bullard left Lan- sing soon after the session's conclusion, sleeping seven hours and subsequently hit "some good local parties" Saturday night. The two men can afford little respite, 'for their constituents will soon monopolize most of their energy to be expended in their reelection bids. Bursley, still smarting from the marathon, promises to "ser- iously study" alternatives to last-minute legislative madness. He proposes constitutional amendments which provide that odd - numbered years be de- voted to a two year budget pro- jection. He contends that the amendment would more evenly distribute legislative work load by allowing state legislators to act without election pressures characterized by odd years. tiring That session, he said, would end in June. During odd - numbered yeas, he stated, the legislature'a business could be completed by April: "The number of bills coming out of committee has not been enough to justify the time expended," he charged. "Instead, we could accomplish in one month what took three months to complete." In addition, he suggested stronger adherence to a calen- dar, a practice not followed this year because of "p-arty dy- namics". With a Republican governor and a largely - demo- cratic, legislature, he said, the only motivating factor this past session was the end of the fis- cal year, June 30." The State Legislature will re- sume session September 17 where several unfinished bills- including the campaign finance bill - will be determined. How- ever, Bursley warns of a pos- sible Detroit teacher's strike reminiscent of last fall's . . . So much for legislative dynam- ics this fiscal year. GW6I sewe~5.a.pan5. 5.assnog5ne. C aeo Probably not. All things considered you do what you do pretty doggone well. After all, no one has taken your job. And you're eating regularly. But... But have you ever considered what doing your job just a little better might mean? Money. Cold hard coin of the realm. If each of us cared just a smidge more about what we do for a living, we could actually turn that inflationary spiral around. Better products, better service and better management would mean savings for all of us. Savings of much of the cash and frayed nerves 's costing us now for repairs and inefficiency. Point two. By taking more pride in our work we'll more than likely see America regaining its strength in the competitive world trade arena. When the balanceof payments swings our way again we'll all be better off economically. So you see-theonly person who can realy dowhatyoudoany betterisyou. aiwel u*w . The California Division of Mines and Geology estinates that earthquake damage will reach $21 billion in California between 1970 and 2000. 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