थोरै चेतावनी दिनु - जनताको नीति ४ मार्च, २०२५

जब मैले यो शृङ्खला लेख्न सुरु गरेको थिएँ, मैले तपाईंलाई वाचा गरेको थिएँ कि म अAlarm नगर्नेछु जबसम्म यो आवश्यक नहोस्। यतिमात्र छौं। हामी विधायिका को पात्रोमा एक यस्तो समयको नजिक छौं जसलाई हामी सबैले "क्रसओभर" भनिन्छ।

यो के अर्थ राख्छ: दुई महत्वपूर्ण मितिहरू आउँदैछन् जसले निर्धारण गर्नेछन् कि कुन प्रस्तावित कानूनी प्रावधान प्रक्रिया मा अघि बढ्नेछन् र कुनहरू, प्रायः, असफल हुनेछन्। हाउस नीति विधेयकहरूले मार्च १४, २०२५ को अघिल्लो समितिबाट रिपोर्ट गर्नुपर्नेछ। मार्च २१, २०२५ सम्म सबै सेनट/हाउस मनी बिलहरूलाई अप्रोप्रियेसन र वित्त/वेज एण्ड मीनस समितिहरूमा सन्दर्भ गर्नुपर्नेछ र रिपोर्ट गर्नुपर्नेछ।

यो किन महत्त्वपूर्ण छ: सबै विधायिका चेसको खेल जस्तै कार्य गर्दछ। खेल जस्तै, टुक्राहरू सधैं चलिरहेका हुन्छन्, दिशा परिवर्तन गर्दै छन्, र कहिलेकाहीं बाहिर निकालिएका छन्। यस तुलना मा, प्रस्तावित कानूनी प्रावधानहरू सबै ती चल्ने टुक्राहरू हुन्। हाम्रा विधायिका हाम्रो तर्फबाट लडिरहेका छन् - र हामी यो खेल मन पराउँदैनौं भने पनि: जब यी प्रस्तावहरू कानूनी प्रावधान बनिन्छन्, हामी सबैको जीवनमा असमान रूपले असर पर्नेछ।

तपाईं के गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ: तपाईंको उमेर वा जनसांख्यिकीको परवाह नगरी, तपाईं लोकतन्त्रमा भाग लिन सक्नुहुन्छ। सबैभन्दा महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरा, यस समयमा तपाईंले तपाईंका विधायिकासम्म लेख्नु पर्छ। यदि तपाईंले उनलाई केवल परिचय दिन लेख्नुहुन्छ भने पनि, आफ्नो भर्मन्टको अनुभव सुनाउनुहोस्, र कुन विषयहरूले तपाईंलाई सबैभन्दा बढी असर गर्छ भन्ने कुरा व्यक्त गर्नुहोस् (आवास, खाद्य प्रणाली, कृषि, सुधार आदि): अहिले तपाईंको आवाज प्रयोग गर्ने समय हो।

यदि तपाईंलाई यस सत्रका प्रस्तावित कानूनी प्रावधानहरूको संक्षिप्त अवलोकन चाहिन्छ जुन तपाईंको जीवनमा फाइदा पुर्‍याउन सक्छ वा असर गर्न सक्छ, कृपया यो लिंकमा जानुहोस्:

https://verypublicopenletters.blogspot.com/2025/01/policy-for-people-bi-weekly-roundup.html
https://verypublicopenletters.blogspot.com/2025/02/policy-for-people-february-10-2025.html

तपाईंका विधायिका खोज्नको लागि, यो लिंकमा जानुहोस्: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/

इमेल पठाउनको लागि, माथिको लिंक प्रयोग गरी आफ्नो विधायिकालाई पत्ता लगाउनुहोस्। प्रत्येकको पृष्ठमा इमेल ठेगाना सूचीबद्ध गरिएको हुन्छ।

पोस्टल मेल मार्फत पत्र पठाउनको लागि:

(तपाईंको विधायिकाको नाम)

वर्मन्ट राज्य हाउस
115 राज्य सडक
मोन्टपेलियर, VT 05633

यो जनताको नीति हो।

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