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State of Maine: Concept draft vagueness weakens the process
Welcome to a legislative rabbit hole the concept draft. It is a way of submitting legislation that is much abused, though it had merit as originally designed. What if this newspaper’s editor accepted “concept columns”? Title: “Concept Drafts.” Column, in its entirety: “Concept drafts may be good or bad.” It states a point of view but doesn’t give readers their money’s worth.
Smoke-filled rooms, back room deals, ramming things through or shoving things down people’s throats are highly overrated. The process from the outside may be hard to follow, but there is almost always a defensible explanation for what happens in Augusta, when, and why. Legislators individually and the Legislature collectively follow the rules. It is too easy to be called out by the loyal opposition if they don’t.