Fri Mar 15, 2013, 06:31 PM

Judi Lynn (77,675 posts)

Gov. Matt Mead vetoes unemployment benefits bill

Source: Associated Press

Gov. Matt Mead vetoes unemployment benefits bill
March 15, 2013 | Modified: March 15, 2013 at 6:16 pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead has vetoed a bill he says would have made it easier for employers to deny unemployment benefits to terminated workers.

His office announced the veto, his first since taking office more than two years ago, after business hours on Thursday.

"There is room for improvement in our statutes related to the qualifications for unemployment compensation," Mead said.

In his veto message to the Secretary of State's Office, Mead said the original House Bill 237 could have been interpreted "that in no case would a discharged employee be eligible for unemployment insurance."

Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/gov.-matt-mead-vetoes-unemployment-benefits-bill/article/feed/2079890

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gov. Matt Mead vetoes unemployment benefits bill (Original post)	Judi Lynn	Mar 15	OP
Thank goodness! At first I thought the Gov. did away with unemployment benefits completely!	AndyA	Mar 15	#1
That is what I thought also.	pennylane100	Mar 16	#8
Me too.	Brigid	Mar 16	#9
As someone born and raised in Wyoming I always say..	Swede Atlanta	Mar 15	#2
Well, so was I ...	earthside	Mar 15	#4
I wonder if there are any signs the state is turning more blue?	Comrade Grumpy	Mar 16	#6
This message was self-deleted by its author	Fat Bastard	Mar 15	#3
This surprises me	AnotherWyoDemocrat	Mar 16	#5
Well, as my dear departed friend, Homer T. Smith once said about some other thing.....	marble falls	Mar 16	#7

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Fri Mar 15, 2013, 06:39 PM

AndyA (16,194 posts)

1. Thank goodness! At first I thought the Gov. did away with unemployment benefits completely!

I must remember to read the entire post before forming an opinion!

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:00 PM

pennylane100 (2,324 posts)

8. That is what I thought also.

I was thinking about how the working class republicans who voted for this man felt about Gov. Mead. Unfortunately for the democrats, but thankfully for the working people of the state, he made the right choice. Is it possible that he is a closet democrat?

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:21 PM

Brigid (10,592 posts)

9. Me too.

When I saw that headline, I was fixing to get upset--until I found out why the Governor vetoed the bill.

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Fri Mar 15, 2013, 06:39 PM

Swede Atlanta (2,246 posts)

2. As someone born and raised in Wyoming I always say..

while the state is conservative and may love Darth Cheney, there are times when it does come out swinging for the average person.

I am not condoning the lukewarm response to the Matthew Shephard incident or their outspoken views on the ACH, the federal stimulus, etc.

But I do suggest that my home state sometimes gets it right.

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Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:43 PM

earthside (4,644 posts)

4. Well, so was I ...

... born and grew-up in Wyoming.

And ... frankly it can only be considered a fluke when something even mildly in favor of the average citizen happens politically or governmentally in that state.

I was just in Casper last weekend and I can tell you that since the rise of the Tea Party and Fox 'News', Wyoming politics is more retrograde and oppressive than it has ever been.

I'm not happy about this ... I met with friends last Saturday and the whole five of six of them may comprise the core of liberals/progressives in Casper these days. Yes, it really is that bad.

A better phrase, in my estimation, is that Wyoming only rarely "gets it right."

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 12:47 AM

Comrade Grumpy (3,420 posts)

6. I wonder if there are any signs the state is turning more blue?

Colorado's right next door, and I bet Denver media outlets get broadcast all over Wyoming.

New Mexico and Nevada also seem to have shifted/be shifting. Idaho, Utah, Arizona, not so much.

I've driven all over Wyoming, love the drives. I don't talk politics much out there.

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 12:03 AM

AnotherWyoDemocrat (8 posts)

5. This surprises me

I live in Wyoming and I know two state employees who are terminated for one day each year so that the state will not have to pay any benefits for them. This is probably one of the most solvent states and has no shortage of financial resources.

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Response to AnotherWyoDemocrat (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 16, 2013, 01:11 AM

marble falls (1,913 posts)

7. Well, as my dear departed friend, Homer T. Smith once said about some other thing.....

"Man, that's some trifling shit right there."

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