A legislator has to know how to count.

It helps to know how to read and write.

I’ve been searching for the right way to amend one of my bills.  Late yesterday, I reread the bill and found just the right provision to change.

An email I received this morning from another delegate began, “Sandy, I wanted you to be among the first to know about an important decision I’ve made.”

Was this colleague changing his position on death penalty repeal?  I feared.

I read on and realized that this was an email sent to the delegate’s 2,000 closest friends and constituents to let them know that he would be voting for repeal.

One of my cardinal rules is to draft the bill or document so that my words frame the discussion that follows.

Except when you don’t know enough about the issue to do so.

Information technology was the issue during a discussion of one of my bills.

I asked the other party to draft the document.