Wednesday, March 5, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
The move to the second floor would put Titus farther from the first-floor Senate chambers and the hub of the Legislative Building.
Titus says the forced move won't do much for communication between her and Raggio, especially since she has settled in to her office next to his and the 1997 session is already seven weeks old.
"If he doesn't want me close by, that can happen in between sessions," she said. "It's going to be a lot harder to be bipartisan and cooperative by moving me out."
Raggio wants Senate President Pro Tem Lawrence Jacobsen, R-Minden, to move from his smaller, windowless office next door into Titus' windowed office. That will open up Jacobsen's current office for Republican Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren.
The majority and minority leaders now have nearly identical offices within 20 feet of one another. Raggio, who oversaw the current design, once joked it would ensure he'd have virtually the same office if voters decided to give Democrats the majority in the Senate.
Raggio now insists that Titus' move was worked out before the session, after voters elected 12 Republicans and nine Democrats to the upper house.
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