Tuesday, February 01, 2011

You've got mail ... Yes, but ... What I need is help.

This from District 48A GOP rep, Tom Hackbarth:



This from District 48B GOP rep, Jim Abeler:



First question:

Tom, Jim, that's all nice, but what about 87th Session, SF 65?

This link, for bill text.

For it? Against it? Understand it? Or are you as flummoxed and confused as I am about how it uses our English language to unfortunately obscure what it's intended to mean?

If it makes any sense to either of you, or staff, please help me and others by giving an emailed explanation in less ambiguous language than the bill uses.

And, as you best understand this SF 65, does it in your mind square with the thinking you have expressed in your own recent email?

Second question:

Will either of you gentlemen, emailing as you have, be sponsoring or voting for this session any legislation for State money to be spent in the next two years on a Northstar stop in Ramsey? Actually, a response honestly guessing at the likelihood of any such train-stop funding passing this session would be as good as any other reply to this second item.

And the questions are severable, should you only choose to respond to one but not both.

Thanks.

I will send each, Rep. Abeler and Rep Hackbarth, a link to this post requesting a courtesy response, and I shall post about any email response I receive - indeed, I probably will post screenshots of entire email, as received, to avoid any readeer contentions of editorial bias.