This is the written testimony I sent the committee secretary, along with
other background submissions.
I don't know if there's any way to use this in electronic communications
in the next few days, but it could provide ideas for people who intend
to address specific issues. Obviously I won't be covering any of them
in great detail, not in 3 minutes!
As KMCN's resident Cassandra, I have to admit I'm not optimistic about our chances.
It's one thing to be able to organize and assemble a flash mob, but if they're going to perform a credible production
of My Fair Lady when they convene, that requires a whole 'nother sort of organizing.
I hope to be proved wrong, but I fear our side's testimony will be scattershot, with no coherent, cohesive unfolding narrative, some redundancies,
significant points omitted. Just hope nobody gets frustrated and thinks they're entitled to employ a little street theater
in House committee chambers! I don't see a pervasive understanding of the ways individual politicians form opinions as guided by their
ideologic and personal preconceptions, or the ways they're obliged or allowed to function as a group.
Sun Tzu said "know your enemy," and it seems to me that to a disconcerting extent, we don't.
See you in a week.
Hx
PS - the committee secretary says she only distributes our electronic submissions to the committee members, who are asked to bring their laptops to the hearing!
The 25 hard copies we each bring with us are for distribution among people in the audience. For what it's worth, the earlier we send the e-versions, the better chances that someone
on the committee might've actually read them first.
Two formats, in case one won't open on other systems.
