This recent censure of David Eastman must be a record for censures. Being censured obviously has no effect on him. Eastman seems to be the kind of guy that relishes his status as censured. It gets his name in the news- at least something is being said about him. . He is widely viewed as an impotent and in-effective legislator.
Unfortunately, The legislature does not have the ethics or the guts to remove him. It is beyond me that his "constituency" continues to vote for him as it abundantly clear that what he brings to them is disgrace. Sarah Vance has a tone deaf and clueless response to his convoluted, disgusting questioning. saying she regrets not insuring him time for clarification. Agggh, spare me. Kathrin
It is! He was the first House member to ever be censured and is the first and only legislator to be censured twice.
And, yeah, I think the hesitancy to really go after him in any serious way is because there's a fair amount of people that quietly agree with him. I'll have another write-up on some of those legislators once I get some breathing space!
Thanks to Rep. Gray, for being that "someone" most people sit around and think "should do something about this", for raising the bar for what is acceptable behavior for our legislators, and for the eloquent and inspiring remarks about why this matters. It was heartening to read that no one voted against the censure except Eastman himself. And while only Eastman was formally censured, it was also gratifying to see that Vance was also essentially censured for failing to do her job as Committee Chair, showing her lack of judgment or decency as she dug her hole even deeper on the House floor by showing us she can justify anything. Thank you for bringing us the news in vivid detail.
This recent censure of David Eastman must be a record for censures. Being censured obviously has no effect on him. Eastman seems to be the kind of guy that relishes his status as censured. It gets his name in the news- at least something is being said about him. . He is widely viewed as an impotent and in-effective legislator.
Unfortunately, The legislature does not have the ethics or the guts to remove him. It is beyond me that his "constituency" continues to vote for him as it abundantly clear that what he brings to them is disgrace. Sarah Vance has a tone deaf and clueless response to his convoluted, disgusting questioning. saying she regrets not insuring him time for clarification. Agggh, spare me. Kathrin
It is! He was the first House member to ever be censured and is the first and only legislator to be censured twice.
And, yeah, I think the hesitancy to really go after him in any serious way is because there's a fair amount of people that quietly agree with him. I'll have another write-up on some of those legislators once I get some breathing space!
Thanks to Rep. Gray, for being that "someone" most people sit around and think "should do something about this", for raising the bar for what is acceptable behavior for our legislators, and for the eloquent and inspiring remarks about why this matters. It was heartening to read that no one voted against the censure except Eastman himself. And while only Eastman was formally censured, it was also gratifying to see that Vance was also essentially censured for failing to do her job as Committee Chair, showing her lack of judgment or decency as she dug her hole even deeper on the House floor by showing us she can justify anything. Thank you for bringing us the news in vivid detail.