Listening, learning, representing at lawmakers conf

Love Park in downtown Philly.

UPDATE, 7/21: Rep. Patterson's NCSL updates on twitter @RepPatterson.

PHILADELPHIA -- I'm at the National Conference of State Legislatures 2009 summit this week representing Arizona and Tucson's LD29.

There is still no big progress at the Arizona Capitol for a holistic budget plan for FY2010. Gov. Jan Brewer (R) stubbornly still won't work with Democrats.