Incoming Assembly Speaker Robin Vos will likely enjoy a second Capitol office under a plan that will push Rep. Scott Suder out of the space the majority leader has occupied for more than half a century.
As Vos (R-Rochester), Suder (R-Abbotsford) and others considered how to reallocate office space, they also contemplated installing a spiral staircase in the speaker's office so lawmakers could more easily reach other offices one floor below...
Moving into Suder's office would be aides to Vos. The incoming speaker wants to restructure leadership staff into teams that are to work on policy and communications for all GOP representatives.
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restructure to allow the "upstairs" to have secret laptops and routers?
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ReplyDeleteSounds like Voss wants to recreate the discredited caucus staffs, at least for the GOP. I hung around the Assembly GOP caucus offices in the Capitol's north wing in the 1970s, and I never could figure out exactly what they did. Then the caucus scandal broke and I knew. He who doesn't know history is condemned to repeat it. What Vos envisions would probably end up as a political machine with more spin settings than a Maytag.
ReplyDeleteWork on policy as teams? What's the matter Popcorn man - Didn't ALEC write your bills this time? Spiral staircase? Sounds like they want to avoid the public. What the heck are they planning to warrant this kind of thinking? Right To Work?
ReplyDeleteTeams? sounds like open office coordination / pressure to stay the course.
Instead of an expensive circular staircase, I recommend the installation of a fire pole cutting through all 4 floors. Office the Talking Point GOP Drama Queens on the top floor. Each time a new talking point/emergency fake offense is issued, the staffer jumps on the pole and screams it out as s/he passes each floor. So effective! And a much better way to spend the taxpayer dollars too.
ReplyDeleteWith a handy rope and some clothes pins (pulley on floor 4) it could also be used as a dumb waiter to ferry brown bag lunches up and down. Mrs. Walker could make everyone ham sandwiches everyday, just like the Governor. They could all eat just as Dear Leader does, and avoid having to increase per diems.