Post by pavel on Feb 19, 2016 20:33:47 GMT -6
LITTLE ROCK — An effort to ban Arkansas lawmakers from wearing jeans or sweatpants at a key committee's hearings failed Friday after one opponent suggested he'd get mistaken back home for an undertaker in a suit and tie.
The Arkansas Legislative Council, which meets when the Legislature isn't in session, rejected the proposal by Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey of Texarkana to require its members to wear "business casual" clothing at its meets. Hickey's proposal didn't define business casual, but said it wouldn't include jeans, T-shirts, sweatpants or sweatshirts.
Hickey said he had been approached by a constituent about the restriction but declined to say whether it was geared toward any specific lawmakers. It's not unusual to see some members of the panel, which usually meets on Fridays, dressed more casually and sometimes in jeans.
"We are the face of the state of Arkansas, and our state deserves the utmost respect," Hickey said.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/19/sweatpants-ban-fails-arkansas-legislature/
The Arkansas Legislative Council, which meets when the Legislature isn't in session, rejected the proposal by Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey of Texarkana to require its members to wear "business casual" clothing at its meets. Hickey's proposal didn't define business casual, but said it wouldn't include jeans, T-shirts, sweatpants or sweatshirts.
Hickey said he had been approached by a constituent about the restriction but declined to say whether it was geared toward any specific lawmakers. It's not unusual to see some members of the panel, which usually meets on Fridays, dressed more casually and sometimes in jeans.
"We are the face of the state of Arkansas, and our state deserves the utmost respect," Hickey said.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/19/sweatpants-ban-fails-arkansas-legislature/