Know your Wyoming State Legislatures!

Last night at Cokeville's Council Meeting I got to see two of my good friends, Wyoming Senator Stan Cooper from Senate District #14 and Wyoming Representative Kathy Davison from House District #20. They came to give their yearly "Legislative Review" to our town and I thank them for their efforts this past budget session. Rep. Davison let Sen. Cooper do all the talking, she said he does it better and they would report the same. Sen. Cooper said that if town's complain about funding, he just tells them to look at history. Something like a 400X increase to towns, in direct distributions (cash to towns) and other areas. I will look for the exact figure on-line in a bit and try to update here.


Do all Wyomingites know how to contact by email their elected officials in the State Legislature? Do you know who the people are that are elected to represent your area on the State Level? Here is how you can find your Senator. Here is how you can find your representative. Do you know what these people do? Taken from the legiswebsite/ Citizen's Guide to the Legislature: A Citizen Legislature. Wyoming remains one of the few states having a true part-time citizen legislature. While this may keep Wyoming legislators in closer touch with their constituents, it also means that they do not enjoy the same accommodations provided to full-time legislators in larger states. For example, legislators in Wyoming do not have individual staff. As noted below, staff services for Wyoming legislators are provided by a small permanent central staff agency (the LSO) and by temporary session staff. Office accommodations are similarly austere. Except for a few officers of the House and Senate, members of the legislature are not provided offices in the Capitol nor do they maintain full-time offices in their districts. While in session, the "office" of a typical Wyoming legislator consists of the legislator's desk on the floor of the House or Senate and one or two file cabinet drawers in a committee meeting room. Except for the relatively short periods of time they meet each year in Cheyenne for the annual legislative session, Wyoming legislators can be contacted at home or at their places of business.