I mean, how much do you think is actually being spent on this? The lawmakers are just getting paid their standard salary anyways and it doesn't sound like much has been done on this topic.

Sure, it's silly that this is taking so long, but it surely isn't a priority and it costs essentially nothing to have these existing lawmakers technically be part of a commission if that commission isn't actively doing anything.

If they were commissioning a bunch of surveys and focus groups, etc. and then not doing anything with the results, then sure, that would be wasting taxpayer money. The $100,000 mentioned in the article was only allocated last week (so it hasn't been used yet) and is a tiny amount of money in the context of a $40 - 50 billion state government budget.

Of all the topics to get mad about regarding government waste, this is not it, it's a miniscule amount of money.