John Miller, a Newport News Democrat, has introduced a seemingly innocent bill, SB1087, which passed the Senate unanimously and this week begins its House journey. The goal of the bill is to expand the VMRC from eight members to 10, and to add two watermen to the panel.
There is already plenty of opportunity for people affected by regulation to be heard. This legislation would upset the balance of the commission and shift it too far toward the interests being regulated. In other words, because they didn’t like the jury’s ruling, the watermen want to build a new jury.
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