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Saturday, May 19, 2012

A thought experiment for someone with the time and the will to do it. Of the legislators choosing to not run for reelection, how did their stadium voting percentages compare to the two houses' entire vote on Wilfare?

This link for the quitters.

This link, for as long as Strib keeps it alive, on how folks in each house voted.

A screenshot of the latter link's listing, to assure the info is publicly preserved; here.

It is there for study. I encourage readers to do the comparison work and post a comment.

I know locally who did what, Jungbauer for Wilfare, Michelle Benson against, that's enough. I do not vote in Westerberg's county board district. I vote in District 1, Matt Look the incumbent - for whom the legislative vote is irrelevant.

With Jungbauer challenging for Westerberg's seat, his pro-Wilfare vote is relevant to people in that county board district.

I encourage readers to do their own web search to track down online info of who voted how on Wilfare. It is recent, but it is not the easiest thing to track down. Those voting for it probably prefer that obscurity takes over as time passes, and people forget with new news preempting search engine attention.

Hiding and hoping is what I'd call it.

_____________UPDATE_____________
Republican Chris Gerlach is retiring from the legislature but is reported to be a county board candidate, Dakota County. If Crabgrass has any Dakota County readers, Gerlach voted "NO" on the final conference committee stadium bill. He did not vote yes to accommodate people on his way out of the legislature. Instead, he opposed Wilfare via his vote.