2001 Governor's State of the State speeches: on Government Reform
Frank Keating:
Attract people to Oklahoma to regain Congressional seat
I would like to discuss the result and the challenges of the result of the loss of the congressional seat. In 1908, we had eight representatives, and then it was seven, and then it was six, and now it is five. People move to a place because they see it
as prosperity filled and business friendly. They move away from a state because they don’t see it as prosperity filled and business friendly. Or they don’t go to a state, in sufficient numbers, to permit us to be truly competitive with the states
around us. But this year, our agenda must be to get our congressman back. That is our agenda for the 2001 session. Today, we have one overriding goal: To make Oklahoma so prosperous, so attractive, so energetic,
so reform minded, so desirable for business location for people and companies and jobs, that we will reclaim our congressional seat in 2011 and add one more. That is our agenda for the year 2001. We are going to get our congressman back.
Source: 2001 State of the State address to Oklahoma legislature
Feb 5, 2001
Tommy Thompson:
More regional cooperation; more e-government
[I see five] catalysts for modernizing our government for a new century.- Create incentives to collaborate. By engaging in regional collaboration for the delivery of services, governments can reap significant savings without sacrificing quality. Do
neighboring communities really need separate mass transit systems? Or separate waste collection services?
- Demand performance and accountability. Improve harmony and performance by more clearly defining the roles of state and local government.
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Performance-based education. Get money directly into the classroom by giving greater operating flexibility to every local school building.
- A Top-To-Bottom Scrub of Government. We need to search and destroy regulations and programs that have outlived
their usefulness; and establish performance-based management for state government.
- Expand e-government. Web portals for all levels of government will make it easier for citizens to access services and reduce the cost of goods the government buys.
Source: 2001 State of the State Address
Jan 31, 2001
Mike Leavitt:
Count missionaries abroad in census; gain Congressional seat
Last week we brought another lawsuit to give Utah the 4th Congressional seat it deserves.
The issue is clear: how can 15,000 easily identifiable Utahns on humanitarian or religious service not be counted when others in government service are? Our cause is just; the census count was not.
Source: 2001 State of the State address to the Utah legislature
Jan 16, 2001
Mike Huckabee:
Not more government, but more efficient government
I don’t think we need a lot more government. We need the government we have to work more efficiently. We need it to work in ways that help our citizens rather than helping us to just grow more government. And, if the economy is slowing, then that’s all
the more reason not to launch forth with a whole lot of new government programs but rather to scale back everywhere we can except for determining those things which we cannot scale back and then carrying out our responsibilities.
Source: 2001 State of the State address to the Arkansas legislature
Jan 9, 2001
Jane Dee Hull:
Pay state employees more, to ensure quality staff
Most of us agree that a small and efficient government works best. But we can’t expect to keep the best and the brightest if we offer bottom-of-the-barrel compensation. State employees are now paid 13% less than the market average. This is unacceptable.
We need a modern, efficient state government staffed by highly educated and properly compensated employees. I am recommending we take a major step toward closing the gap with a state employee package of $290 million, including pay and benefits.
Source: 2001 State of the State address to the Arizona legislature
Jan 8, 2001
Jesse Ventura:
Close soft money loophole, give candidates public money
My Administration's goals for campaign finance reform are:- Closing the soft money loophole.
- Giving candidates the public money when they need it.
- Providing better citizen access to campaign finance information on the web.
- I believe that
political parties & party caucuses should agree to limit their independent
- expenditures as a condition of receiving public money, and I encourage the Minnesota
- Legislature to pass a bill that will close this gaping loophole in Minnesota's law.
Source: 2001 State of the State Address to Minnesota Legislature
Jan 4, 2001
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