Reading an article in the Rochester Post Bulletin about a new law that removes wind energy production taxes from school district's revenue streams, we stumbled across this passage:
Republican Rep. Randy Demmer of Hayfield added that he had no idea this provision was put in the education bill when he voted. He has scheduled a meeting with education officials to discuss the policy and see if "there might be some rationales I'm not aware of."
Demmer didn't know what was in a bill he voted for? Hmmm...what First District Republican legislator does that bring to mind? Let's see..
Oh yeah, now we remember--that DM & E Railroad loan provision Gutknecht didn't know about when he voted on the transportation bill it was in:
Gutknecht campaign spokesman Bryan Anderson said it was “problematic” that the DM&E Railroad loan provision “was placed in the transportation spending bill late at night without a lot of members knowing about it.” Gutknecht was one who didn’t know about it.
A candidate for the Republican endorsement in MN-01 seat, Randy Demmer is campaigning on returning to traditional Republican values. We see now that he means it.
Update: another reminder of this spirit in action, last fall's lovely "Railroaded" Youtube:
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