When Bluestem last left the Emo Senator, Mike Parry was being called out for a vote against improving the survivor's pension benefits for the family of a MNDOT who died in last spring's flood in The Emo Senator: Cleveland MN resident points out how much Parry cares for state workers.
Today, BSP learned that the Emo Senator is petulant about his former colleagues on the Waseca Council expresse[d] dissatisfaction with state, including the state legislature, over the shutdown. While the council didn't single out party or person, but the process, Parry wants the finger pointed only at the governor.
The Waseca County News reports:
While the Minnesota Legislature was busy passing bills in a Special Session called Tuesday by Gov. Mark Dayton, the Waseca City Council voted unanimously to express its dissatisfaction with the state government impasse that led to a state shutdown.
“If a mayor could support something more than 100 percent, I would,” said Mayor Roy Srp about the resolution authored by council member John Clemons. . . .
. . .Tlougan suggested changing the wording slightly so that the resolution does not target only the governor and legislative leaders. Clemons agreed with the change and said he did not want to target one party or another.
“The whole mess of them have let me down,” he said. “... hopefully this will gain momentum with other cities officially expressing their own disappointment.”
With passage of the resolution, letters will be sent to the governor, Rep. Kory Kath (DFL-Owatonna) and Sen. Mike Parry (R-Waseca).
And Parry's reaction? Don't blame me for anything, blame the governor:
As for the letter of disappointment on its way from the city of Waseca, he said the council should be blaming the governor.
“Every city in the state should be happy they are getting Local Government Aid at the 2010 level,” he said.
“I’m disappointed in some of our city leaders and the stances they took. They’re not willing to make the hard decisions that we just made in the legislature,” said Parry.
Parry has called for the reduction or elimination of local government aid.
Prior to becoming the emo senator, Parry served one term in the Waseca City Council, until voters weary of his side deals and disruptive behavior voted him out of office, as Bluestem recalled in Was Senator Parry's single term on Waseca City Council predictive of today's budget flouncing?.
Image: The Emo Senator as a historical figure. By Tild.
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