Alabama Homebrew Legislation 2013

[homebrewdad]

How many times are we going to call roll???

 

[BarefootFriar]

I'm kind of glad I'm not the clerk. That would be a tedious job.

 

[voltin]

It is amazing anything gets done...

 

[isleofman]

I'm kind of glad I'm not the clerk. That would be a tedious job.

Everytime someone requests something absurd I expect the clerk to sigh, hesitate, change his tone, or yell... something. Dude is ice cold.

 

[isleofman]

How many times are we going to call roll???

They are doing roll call style voting each time.

 

[MTate37]

Everytime someone requests something absurd I expect the clerk to sigh, hesitate, change his tone, or yell... something. Dude is ice cold.

I would have to be heavily medicated to deal with this circus in person. It's hard enough watching it online.

 

[CGVT]

There is frustration starting to show in his voice as well as the President's

 

[Huff360]

Yeah, the clerk is a pretty cool fellow. I spoke with him in the elevator down there one day. His tone and inflection was the same as you hear now. Like a stone!

If they do the 10 minute rule today, every bill on the SOC will be carried over.

 

[LAHammer]

That is a roll call vote on the motions to table.

 

[homebrewdad]

Okay.

So again, when does the SOC come around?

 

[alestateyall]

Has Alabama considered investing in an electronic voting system?

 

[BarefootFriar]

I think the House has one. I seem to remember it from when I visited when I was a kid. I could be wrong.

 

[Huff360]

The house uses "the machine" but for some reason, the senate doesn't.

They can go in any order they really want, so the standard doesn't have to be followed. They did some jumping around right after the recess, so I'm not sure what they have and have not covered.

 

[Huff360]

As the house clerk Mr. Woodard would say

"The clerk will unlock the machine, the members will vote."

It goes much faster!

 

[Huff360]

And we are off the new SOC. Now they address budget...

DAMNIT.

 

[homebrewdad]

Well, we're toast. We've gone to a new SOC featuring the budget.

 

[CGVT]

****

 

[wailingguitar]

I am FUMING

 

[pentachris]

And just like that, we're not on the SOC.

 

[alestateyall]

Wow! That sucks.

 

[MTate37]

Speechless...

 

[isleofman]

It was a great move by Mac, but too late into the log jam of the last 2 days of session.

 

[homebrewdad]

Waste half the day reading full titles and tabling every single motion. Now take another hour recess.

Would have been better had we not even had a spot on the calendar. At spot #1, I got my hopes up like an idiot.

 

[isleofman]

Would have been better had we not even had a spot on the calendar. At spot #1, I got my hopes up like an idiot.

Same. I had come to peace that it wasn't going to happen this year, until earlier today.

Any chance that anything other than the budget be on the new SOC?

 

[homebrewdad]

Same. I had come to peace that it wasn't going to happen this year, until earlier today.

Any chance that anything other than the budget be on the new SOC?

That new SOC is nothing but budget. No way they get anything else done today.

 

[isleofman]

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/05/budgets_alabama_accountability.html

 

[dfc]

I'm sorry to hear about this. You guys should move.

 

[isleofman]

I'm sorry to hear about this. You guys should move.

Would you uproot your family, move away from friends, sell your home, find a new job, etc for homebrewing?

 

[passedpawn]

Would you uproot your family, move away from friends, sell your home, find a new job, etc for homebrewing?

Naw. Just keep being the rebels you are (your secret's safe with us ).

 

[dfc]

Would you uproot your family, move away from friends, sell your home, find a new job, etc for homebrewing?

I keep trying to talk my wife into moving to Switzerland or Iceland because of certain happenings in the U.S. Homebrewing, not so much.

That's why it was a joke.

 

[isleofman]

Tensions are very high in here today. We thought we were "this" close to getting this bill brought to the floor, just to have it pushed to the side again. People aren't ready for jokes about it.

For example: My life is changing this year. I am getting married and moving in with SWMBO. I can take the risk if it is just me, but I am not going to do so with someone else's liberties. Thus if this doesn't pass, I CAN'T BREW. Not ready to joke about that.

 

[Echoloc8]

This is a bad day for jokes. Alabamians I am sure are not in a joking mood after the senates performance.

Truth. And I've got no homebrew ready for drinking at the moment, either. Pipeline fail. Again.

Might have to pop the cork on a bitter, cloudy mead or something. Or just break out the Jack, say screw it. :rockin:

-Rich

 

[Echoloc8]

I can take the risk if it is just me, but I am not going to do so with someone else's liberties. Thus if this doesn't pass, I CAN'T BREW. Not ready to joke about that.

Dude, that seriously sucks. Kudos for the moral position, but yuck.

Well, at least there are two more days in the session.

-Rich

 

[Varmintman]

So does this mean it is over for this year? Man I was hoping that when I came back there would be some happy folks on this thread

Sorry guys.

 

[dfc]

BTW, I'm all for civil disobedience. I know a lot of you guys are as well. I won't tell if you don't.

 

[alestateyall]

So does this mean it is over for this year? Man I was hoping that when I came back there would be some happy folks on this thread

Sorry guys.

2 more legislative days. There are always lots of bills piled into the last few days which reduces the chances of the homebrew bill getting time for consideration.

 

[isleofman]

So does this mean it is over for this year? Man I was hoping that when I came back there would be some happy folks on this thread

Sorry guys.

2 more legislative days remain. No way to tell if we get a chance again on one of those days.

 

[wailingguitar]

This is a bad day for jokes. Alabamians I am sure are not in a joking mood after the senates performance.

Very not

 

[LAHammer]

I think I'll celebrate our Senators hard work today with a quick 15 minute extract brew while they are listening to the budget bill being read in it's entirety.
You guys need to chill some - these bozos shouldn't wear on you like that. They do this every day of every session. It ain't like real work.
They'll get to it sooner or later.

 

[BarefootFriar]

I actually am thinking about moving in a few years, but not for homebrew reasons.

I am pissed off about today's senate circus. Then again, this kind of thing has been happening for years, so it comes with no surprise.

I hope we get another chance at it, and I hope that people realize how ridiculous our legislature is and vote accordingly.