Legislature(2007 - 2008)BELTZ 211
04/26/2007 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
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| Start | |
| SB131 | |
| HB210 | |
| HB8 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 109 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 131 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 210 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 8 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
SB 131-NAMING PACILLO PARKING GARAGE
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced the consideration of SB 131.
SENATOR DONNY ELLIS, Alaska State Legislature, said he
introduced this bill at the request of the friends and family of
Carolyn "Linny" Pacillo. It is also supported by the Anchorage
assembly. He said that Linny was a positive force for change in
Anchorage, and it is fitting for a parking garage to bear her
name. She was honored by the Alaska Legislature with a citation.
A parking garage has not been named before, he noted. Linny
represented the regular folks, and had blue collar jobs around
the state. In Anchorage she ran a family-owned gas station with
the best prices in town, which always had a sign promoting a
charitable activity. He said the family was very much involved
in helping the community and people in need. Her greatest claim
to fame was as a "parking fairy". She and her sister often
dressed as fairy godmothers and moved around Anchorage to talk
to people about the parking authority. The citizens rose up to
say the Anchorage Parking Authority went too far with its heavy-
handed tactics. The fairies were the voices of the common folks,
he added. Regardless of what side a person was on, he or she
could respect the stick-to-it-ness of her activities.
9:10:28 AM
CHAIR MCGUIRE said she was a wonderful woman and wore many hats
in the community.
SENATOR GREEN asked if the name can be shortened.
SENATOR ELLIS said that could be considered. Linny was always
helping other folks. It was very inspiring.
SUSAN PACILLO, Sister to Linny, said shortening the garage name
to Linny Pacillo is appropriate because she didn't use the name
Carolyn. She stated that Linny was fun, full of life, and did a
lot of things for many people. You never worried about what she
was thinking, because she would let you know. She helped people
and stood up against bureaucracies and big government. Keep the
parking authority out of it, she said jokingly.
9:13:29 AM
ANDREA MCCLOUD, Anchorage, said Alaska is a unique state where a
resident can make a difference, and Linny was such a person. She
and her sister were the catalyst for a paradigm shift of parking
in Anchorage. Madison Avenue could envy their campaign to
transfer the balance of power from an over-zealous government
bureaucracy back to the people where it belongs. Linny wanted to
rein in the parking authority's activities that bordered on
harassment, she stated, and she did it dressed in tutus and
fairy wings. The parking fairies addressed numerous governmental
bodies during countless meetings on policies that had gone awry.
Linny's integrity was displayed in her many philanthropic
activities. She persevered as she survived the slings and arrows
pointed at her from the institutions as their actions were
scrutinized. Exercising her rights was a model for other
citizens. She endeared herself on an international level through
the National Enquirer, National Examiner, the Letterman show,
and the Mike and Maddie show. Her death made international
media, she noted. Naming the new parking garage after Linny will
point to her as a model citizen. Anchorage is proud to produce
citizens like Linny. The garage will remind people that we are
all in this together, she concluded.
9:16:41 AM
SENATOR FRENCH moved Amendment 1 to strike the word Carolyn and
the parentheses and apostrophes around Linny on line 5, 7, and
8. The title would be the Linny Pacillo parking garage. Hearing
no objection, Amendment 1 carried.
9:18:00 AM
SENATOR STEVENS said it is fascinating that a garage named for
someone who believed in civil disobedience will be across from
the Atwood building. The dichotomy is appropriate for Alaska.
SENATOR ELLIS said he had the same thought. It is typical and
appropriate for government to honor titans of industry and
politicians by the naming of grand government facilities. This
is a parking garage-a utilitarian, basic structure--and it warms
his heart to put Linny's name on it across from the Atwood
building. Folks of all stripes can make a contribution and be
recognized, he noted.
SENATOR BUNDE said Tip O'Neil said politics are local, and the
Alaska version is politics are local and personal.
9:20:27 AM
SENATOR ELLIS said Linny was not a perfect person, like himself,
"but we're celebrating the positive here." He stated that it was
controversial to plug meters for people. Its legality can be
argued, he stated, but passing SB 131 would say something unique
and positive about our state.
CHAIR MCGUIRE said Linny took a purposeful step just about every
day to make the lives of people better. She was often effective
without all the fanfare. It is nice to talk about people like
her, not just the people with big titles, she said.
9:22:53 AM
SENATOR ELLIS said the bill honors her qualities. The name will
live on, and it will be a chance to talk about what she
represented. He doubts it will be a no-ticket zone.
SENATOR GREEN moved SB 131, as amended, from committee with
individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes.
Hearing no objections, CSSB 131(STA) passed from committee.
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