CLICK. The ATT operator controlling calls into the committee for testimony hung up.
Is this any way to begin testimony in a California legislative committee regarding a bill that would give the Department of Justice authority to cherry pick who can have access to “gun violence” data for research?
No – but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday when GOC’s Executive Director Sam Paredes attempted to speak in opposition to AB 1237 by Assemblyman Ting. If this were the first time he was disconnected while being “in the queue” to testify, it wouldn’t raise so many concerns, but this is the third time GOC has been shut down during remote – yet critical, legislative testimony.
Obviously, COVID has wreaked havoc on everyone, and the Legislature is no exception. How they have responded to the pandemic and public testimony, however, has been a wholesale failure as complaints have been rampant. Sure, growing pains are expected initially, but we are beginning year two of this crisis and one would have figured that California – who has a gross domestic product of $3.2 TRILLION as of 2019, and is THE LARGEST SUB-NATIONAL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, not to mention being home to the Silicon Valley’s tech giants that we could have figured out something far better than what is now in place. more here
“Obviously, COVID has wreaked havoc on everyone”. Covid has not wreaked havoc on everyone! Liberalism, Socialism, Communism, and Corruption, has wreaked havoc on everyone!