My question is why?  The ADA has been around for years, so why isn't the 'ground floor' accessible now?  

Does the heating and cooling system work now?  Why does it need replaced?

What is an "adequate" Legislative Information Office?  A large conference room or a series of them?  How large is adequate?  

"We've taken it down to what's necessary for serving our constituents," ??   HUH!

Sorry to pop the bubble but  what's necessary for serving your constituents, is to cut the budget, quit spending "money" the State does not have and quit pretending to be prima donnas.  When the furnace is acting up and I don't have the money to replace it, I have it repaired!  If the room is too small and the funds are not there to remodel it, you live with it until the money is there!

The legislative attitude has not really changed, only the faces of some of the prima donnas.