Taking Uber to the Capitol

Normally, one would think the subject in the title was a delivery vehicle, but it this case it is the entirety of the idea. It is not just a ride in a black SUV from a part-time driver participating in a new industry, and delivering a person to a specific location. No...

Freshman Rep Applebaum Takes One on the Chin

In boxing, the determining factor in a fighter’s career is figuring out if he can take a punch, meaning after taking a shot to the head if he can get up and clear his shake off the cobwebs and perform and this is the situation for freshman Rep Jon Applebaum...

Divide and Conquer; or So He Thinks

Earlier in the legislative session Sen. David Hann (R-48, Eden Prairie), a man not known for his intellectual prowess, proposed an idea for breaking up the Minneapolis School Board into six different pieces. To reinforce this idea Hann referenced Rep. Carlos Mariani’s...

Raft of Roll Call Votes in the House

Historically, votes on bills in legislative committees were mostly procedural. In the past, bills for inclusion in the Omnibus bills from the respective committees were not thought of as major points of contention, nor given much issue of note, but such is not the...

Is Garofalo Pro-Private Employee Unions?

Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-58B, Farmington) likely surprised some of his fellow Republicans when he put out the following press release, which attempts to capitalize on WI’s pending passage of Right-to-Work legislation. WI Governor Scott Walker (R) a likely candidate for...