It was Paul Moreno, not Joe Moreno.

whoops.. i knew that... thanks

Plus, I believe in the roll call vote afterwards, it was corrected to 101 votes. I need to check the register, but it makes me sad that we were actually 2 votes away from killing this on the 2nd reading. I will be sure to note my displeasure with Patrick Rose who voted it along. Final passage comes tomorrow.

Yeah... several notes of mine on the vote count...

Turner and Edwards piss me off again... Turner sounded like he was against the amendment in debate, and made some very good points. Then, he voted for the amendment. Edwards called gays and lesbians a "social ill", so that gives me another reason to dislike him.

I must especially credit Hubert Vo and Mark Strama. Both are freshmen who won by very narrow margins, but the GLBT community helped both financially and otherwise. It's amazing what that will do. The GLBT community will surely be there with them in their re-election bids - financially and otherwise.

Again, Richard Raymond voted against the interests of the GLBT community. That certainly will not help him with GLBT donors for a Democratic primary if he intends to run in CD 28. Perhaps he could instead be setting himself up for a run in the more Republican CD 23. Who knows...

Martha Wong - what a shmuck.. she voted for the bill in committee - when she could have made a difference - to get it on to the floor, then voted present on the floor. Does she think that this will actually win her sympathy with Montrose voters? If so, she's delusional.