Recently, you ran an article rating the best and worst state legislators at "the bill game." However, there is more to "the bill game" than how many bills are passed by individual legislators.
For instance, what is the quality of the bills submitted; who are in favor of and opposed to various bills and why; what is the fiscal note of the bill and is the expense justified; do the bills need numerous amendments in order to be passed; how many years has this bill been submitted and failed to be legislated; do the legislators need to be called back into a special session in order to clean up their legislation; and, what percentage of bills submitted by a legislator could be considered a personal conflict of interest?Of course, this list is not inclusive of all aspects of bills submitted over the course of the past two years, but quality was not discussed in the article, just sheer numbers.
No credit was given to legislators who amend bills, either in committee or on the floor, but of course that would have required the authors do research, attend meetings and take better notes. That wouldn't be nearly as much fun as finding gossip and reporting it accordingly.
Also, there is an error in your article since one of the four bills submitted by Sen. Millie Peterson did pass. Therefore, her record reflects a 25 percent success rate, not zero as reported.
Carleen Richards
West Valley City