Booze at the Bank, an issue that just won't go away or die a peaceful death, is still very alive and no longer on life support. They say that old people tend to repeat themselves too much, and I have to admit that I am guilty of both sins. The Booze at the Bank proposal, as reincarnated and approved by the House-Senate Conference Committee, is now on its way for almost certain passage in the Minnesota House and Senate in a version that may be acceptable to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents:
http://www.startribune.com/politics...rksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
Years ago in my wasted youth, I had occasion to work for the Minnesota Senate in a staff research position. From that experience, I learned two fundamental truths about the legislative process; first, it ain't ever over until it is over and the legislators have gone home; second, no legislative proposal is ever, ever dead until the first fundamental truth has taken place. Proposals can metamorphasize into a slightly different form that can be acceptable to the often inconsistent members of the legislative body. I can't explain it or even understand it myself, but the Booze at the Bank legislation is a perfect example.
I may still get to see Representative Tom Rukavina and Governor Tim Pawlenty dance to the "Beer Barrel Polka" on the TCF Bank Plaza at the USC game if this passes. Jim Erickson, warm up your baton, the U of M marching band is waiting for more direction.
http://www.startribune.com/politics...rksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
Years ago in my wasted youth, I had occasion to work for the Minnesota Senate in a staff research position. From that experience, I learned two fundamental truths about the legislative process; first, it ain't ever over until it is over and the legislators have gone home; second, no legislative proposal is ever, ever dead until the first fundamental truth has taken place. Proposals can metamorphasize into a slightly different form that can be acceptable to the often inconsistent members of the legislative body. I can't explain it or even understand it myself, but the Booze at the Bank legislation is a perfect example.
I may still get to see Representative Tom Rukavina and Governor Tim Pawlenty dance to the "Beer Barrel Polka" on the TCF Bank Plaza at the USC game if this passes. Jim Erickson, warm up your baton, the U of M marching band is waiting for more direction.
