(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers Feb. 9, 2015)
Remember those times when you thought you were being made fun of?
When maybe someone at the table says, “No, I wanted the salt, that’s the white stuff…” or a friend says, “Never mind, I was hoping to borrow a comb, but a guy like you probably doesn’t have one…”
Well, that’s happening with more frequency in the Kansas Legislature now days.
It’s called titling a bill, not just saying what it proposes to do, but giving the measure a title that makes it sound important. Or, maybe it is just to make the bill something that a legislator has to think twice about voting against, because its title is catchy enough that you don’t want it showing up on a campaign ad by your opponent next year.
It’s part art, part science, but that naming of bills has become more frequent.