We Have Lift-Off.  The conference committees for the E-12 and Tax bills have been named and I'm relatively certain that the e-mail inboxes of the members named to these bodies are going to be chock full of messages for the next couple of weeks (including a few from me so I'm hoping their spam filter has been suitably relaxed).  It will likely be a hectic couple of weeks because I'm guessing that the Legislature would like to get all the spending bills to the Governor with at least two weeks left before the regular session's Constitutionally-mandated adjournment date of May 22.

Here are the members of each of the conference committees.  I have made their name into a hyperlink that connects to their legislative page, which includes contact information.

HF 890--Omnibus E-12 Funding and Policy Bill

House Members

Representative Jenifer Loon

Representative Sondra Erickson

Representative Peggy Bennett

Representative Ron Kresha

Representative Mary Murphy

Senate Members

Senator Carla Nelson

Senator Eric Pratt

Senator Justin Eichorn

Senator Bill Weber

Senator Chuck Wiger

HF 4--Omnibus Tax Bill

House Members

Representative Greg Davids

Representative Steve Drazkowski

Representative Joe McDonald

Representative Jerry Hertaus

Representative Paul Marquart

Senate Members

Senator Roger Chamberlain

Senator Gary Dahms

Senator Jeremy Miller

Senator David Senjem

Senator Ann Rest

And so, we have lift-off.  I'll be in my orbiter circling both of these conference committees.  I urge all SEE members to contact the members of these conference committees with polite messages supporting education funding adequacy and taxpayer fairness.