Boots on the ground

While the vast majority of the Legislature will assemble at the Capitol at Noon tomorrow for a special session called by the governor, Rep. Jeff Wood (D-Sherwood) is currently serving in the Middle East. Pursuant to the House Rules, leave will be requested and granted each day after the roll call, and he'll be entitled to cast a vote on the severance tax via a "paired" vote.

Jeff will be spending the next couple of weeks at Camp Buehring, Kuwait (about 20 miles from Iraq) before moving into Baghdad. Camp Buehring is dedicated to LTC Chad Buehring, who was killed in action on October 26, 2003.