"Serving Western Legislatures"

Council of State Governments - WEST
121 Second Street, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 974-6422: PHONE
(415) 974-1747: FAX
csgw@csg.org: E-MAIL
http://www.csgwest.org

OFFICERS

Melvin R. Brown
Speaker, Utah
Chair

Jeannette Hamby
Senator, Oregon
Chair-Elect

Timothy Z. Jennings
Senate Majority Leader
New Mexico
Vice-Chair

Manny M. Aragon
Senate President Pro Tem
New Mexico
Immediate Past Chair

Kent Briggs
Executive Director

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Electrical Industry Restructuring
Kathy Augustine
Senator, Nevada

Future of Western Legislatures
Joe Baca
Assistant Speaker Pro Tem
California

Energy & Minerals
Ramona Barnes
Representative, Alaska

Western Water Policy
Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Speaker, Nevada

Southern Boarder
Denise M. Ducheny
Assemblymember, California

Smart States
Elaine Alquist
Assemblymember, California

Public Land Policy
Tom Hatch
Representative, Utah

Trade & Transportation
Ray Powers
Senate Assistant Majority Leader
Colorado

WESTRENDS
Raymond G. Sanchez
Speaker, New Mexico

Legislative Service Agency Directors
Carl Bianchi
Director Legislative Services, Idaho

Media Advisory

CSG-West to Take Action

For Immediate Release: September 21, 1998

Contact: Jerry Ritter/Wendy Lindskoog/Mary Lou Cooper 343-2401

AnchorageAfter three days of committee meetings, Western legislators attending the 51st annual meeting of the Council of State Governments-West will say yea or nay to several resolutions recommended by the committees.

The committees covered issues ranging from trade and transportation to public lands and water, and from Y2K concerns to electric utility restructuring. The consideration of committee resolutions is the final item on the CSG-West work agenda for Tuesday morning.

The meeting will close with a noon luncheon, during which attendees will hear an in-depth examination of the 1998 elections by David Moore, President of the Gallup Organization, the national polling company, and other national political experts.

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