The 88th General Assembly
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

The Boss is profiled in this month's State Legislature magazine

It's a pay site, but here's an abstract:

Tim Massanelli: Man of the House
The long time parliamentarian of the Arkansas House embodies a combination of political power, institutional memory, legendary status and public service. Whatever the nature of the interaction, you can be certain it involves the legislative process and the Arkansas House of Representatives, a body that Massanelli has served for 34 years. By the time Governor Bill Clinton won the re-election in 1982, Tim Massanelli was already on his way to becoming a House legend.
And a legend he is. It's one thing to study the rulebook and be familiar with parliamentary procedure. It's quite another to cite specific rules supported by decades of memories of parliamentary clashes on the floor of the House. The Boss was refereeing floor debates before I was born. He's one Capitol mainstay that will never be replaced.

Update (9/17/07): I found a free link to the story. Click here.