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<br />f.?'" <br />-- <br />tit <br />fl., <br />.' <br />.. <br />" <br />. <br />.. <br />~. <br />.. <br /> <br />~\~. . <br /> <br />"!II" <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />-- <br />'!;',. <br />'- " <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.- <br />-', <br /> <br />......,. <br />t:.. <br /> <br />-= <br />." <br /> <br />"-~ . <br /> <br />~". <br /> <br />;?' <br /> <br />oF"; <br />;.-.;. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />registnition fonn. One schedule of the form asks which of 83 subject matters <br />are of interest to TML. Of the 83, only nine fall outside the League's areas of <br />interest ' <br /> <br />Unfortunatelv. the number of bad citv-related biDs has I!rOWD <br />dramatically in recent van. (please see the chart below.) As a result, the <br />League has been forced to expend an ever-greater percentage of its resources <br />simply fending off bad ideas. The number of bills to be opposed will probably <br />grow again in 2005. <br /> <br /> Total Bills Total BiDs City-Related City-Related <br />Year Introduced * Passed ' Bills Introdueed Bills Passed <br />1985 4,151 1,039 300+ 80+ <br />1987 4,343 1,204 420+ 175+ <br />1989 5,256 1,339 625+ 180+ <br />1991 4,684 970 840+ 180+ <br />1993 4,560 1,089 800+ 140+ <br />1995 5,147 1,101 800+ 140+ <br />1997 5,741 1,502 1,100+ 130+ <br />1999 5,908 1,638 1,230+ 130+ <br />2001 5,712 1,621 1,200+ 150+ <br />2003 5,754 1,403 1,200+ 110+ <br />· Includes bills and ro osed Constitutional amendments; re ar session onl . <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Given the Leane's finite resources and because vast amounts of those <br />resources are necessarilv" emended in defeatine: bad lel!islation. the <br />Leane must very carefuDv select billi for whieh it will attemot to find <br />soonson and seek Daisae:e. In recent years, it has become obvious that a <br />sharply focused legislative program is more likely to lead to success than is a <br />very large and 'wide-langiiJ.g program. This happens primarily because <br />securing the spo~p ,of. a bill that has a low probability of passage <br />requires a'1aTge amount of time and political resOurces. Thus. it is imDortant <br />to advoCate only those initiatives that are truIv imoortant and that have a <br />reatistie chance 01 Dassae:e.>:' "' <br />" ".' ~~. .~. ::~: . "'~; ~'/ <br /> <br />How can the 'ooDimiuee, identify'initiatives that are truly significant and that <br />merit a plaCe' in the. ~ legislative program? Committee members may wish <br />to ask the follo~:~onS ~ut each discussion item: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />. ~ - . <br />.' .. <br /> <br />" " <br />~ .. .~ <br />. ....,.......... <br />..:.. . :;y.....:..., ,..:.;:: <br />. ..', '.' :.': .:\~' . .... <br /> <br />_,';~ir'~t;~i:,_ .._ <br />