Following the rollout of the House GOP plan to implement a telecommuting plan statewide for government agencies, and encourage state businesses to allow telecommuting where practical, Senate Democrats took the low road about a plan that could save taxpayers money and alleviate traffic congestion.
The Senate Democrat spokesman Derek Slap said “We always knew the Republicans were phoning it in, now they want to make it official policy.”
That’s almost clever. But as it turns out, Senate President Don Williams is on record four times in favor of telecommuting legislation. When pressed, they clarified:
I’m a big fan of the telecommuting concept. The test ought to be: does it save the state money? Is it accountable? … We are on record of being in favor of telecommuting,” said Williams according to Capitol Watch.
We think it’s a good plan that ought to be tried and House Republicans are leading not only with ideas but by example. Senate Democrats should consider leading with either.
Filed under: Environment, Telecommuting Plan
