Priorities
By Mitch Berg
I got this yesterday from a source at the Capitol:
“People are beginning to whisper the words: Special session. As of late yesterday afternoon, the final Finance bill (Transportation/Public Safety) was finally released, which included a 7.5 cent gas tax increase. With not a single omnibus bill back from conference committee and [Transportation/Public Safety] still in the Tax committee (and you can’t take up any bill until 3 days of notification), there is no way we will have a complete budget prior to 5/15, at the earliest.
Also, wasn’t it Tom Bakk that said we won’t take that up until we have a budget?
With not ONE omnibus bill to run the State government on the Governor’s desk, we don’t have a budget.”
Let that rattle around your noggin for a bit; the DFL that ran by telling the people (wrongly) that the MNGOP was focused on social issues has just spent nearly the entire session trying to unionize daycares, grab guns and legislate gay marriage – and stands a chance of needing a special session because the DFL Senate, House and Governor can’t agree with each other.
This is what happens when you put the arrested adolescents in charge.
May 9th, 2013 at 7:25 am
Don’t forget the solar energy mandate. As Benjamin Kruse and Jack Tomczak reported on their show on Tuesday night, after giving Jim Graves an hour of talk time and bashing Michele Bachmann a bit, the lying DFL snake Melisa Franzen’s husband is employed by a local solar energy company. Go figure!
May 9th, 2013 at 8:51 am
But they’ve earned a raise!
May 9th, 2013 at 9:10 am
They’re a much better legislature than we deserve.
May 9th, 2013 at 9:55 am
Yes, Night Writer, and now they’ll be working overtime including WEEKENDS and that’s double-time-and-a-half, you know. Because they EARN it.
Be nice if we could get some of those union daycare workers to babysit our own legislators, make sure they focus on task and complete their work on time.
You can tell none of them ever did consultant work or piece work. “I’ll pay you $30,000 for the legislative session, however long it lasts.” If it were me, the session would last about 15 minutes.