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<blockquote data-quote="MuskyManiac" data-source="post: 216073" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>Screw it....I'm going to become a pan fisherman, then I won't have to worry about this stuff getting me worked up. Seriously, though, this is politics at it's finest (or worst). What a bunch of sleazebags some of these people are! Would love to see term limits for all elected officials--city, county, state, and federal.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>This is from the Minnesota Muskie Alliance Facebook page:</strong></em></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">As we reported a while back, Senator Ingebrigtsen used his leadership position to ram his anti-muskie legislation through the Senate.</span></span><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Meanwhile, due to overwhelming public opposition to it, there were no Legislators in the House supporting his agenda.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">We were able to show House author Nornes that his own Ottertail County constituents did not want it.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Mary Franson, representing the rest of Ottertail County, fought hard for us based on massive input from her constituents against the bill.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">We had the House locked up. The key Chair positions did not want to accept Ingebrigtsen's Senate language on the House version of the Omnibus Bill.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">The final step, before going to the Governor, is that the Hose and Senate get together in conference committee to negotiate differences in their bills.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">The House conferees fought against including the muskie language.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Senator Ingebrigtsen threw a fit. He threatened to leave, refusing to work on anything without inclusion of his anti-muskie language. Basically, he held all of the work of all of the state Legislators hostage, and demanded the inclusion of his garbage.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Eventually, in the name of moving forward, they caved in and accepted it.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">So the anti-muskie language is on both the House and Senate Omnibus Bills!!!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Our course of action now is to go to the Governor. ASAP.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">We need him to veto the final bill if it includes this.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">He has done it before. We have gotten the veto twice in the past over terrible legislation like this!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">We need a huge public push right now!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">We need EVERYONE to call the Governors office. Tell them how terrible this language is for MN anglers. Tell them how Ingebrigtsen has no integrity, and has railroaded this entire thing. Ask the Governor to please refuse to sign any bill with any anti-muskie language in it!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">CALL NOW!!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">If he gets this, it's the beginning of the end for muskie fishing in Minnesota! This will be the stepping stone for stronger, and farther reaching attacks on muskie management!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Governor Dayton's Office: 651-201-3400</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Call NOW!!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Thank you,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">Aaron Meyer</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-family: inherit">MN Muskie and Pike Alliance</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1D2129"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MuskyManiac, post: 216073, member: 381"] Screw it....I'm going to become a pan fisherman, then I won't have to worry about this stuff getting me worked up. Seriously, though, this is politics at it's finest (or worst). What a bunch of sleazebags some of these people are! Would love to see term limits for all elected officials--city, county, state, and federal. [I][B]This is from the Minnesota Muskie Alliance Facebook page:[/B][/I] [COLOR=#1D2129][FONT=Helvetica]As we reported a while back, Senator Ingebrigtsen used his leadership position to ram his anti-muskie legislation through the Senate.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#1D2129][FONT=Helvetica]Meanwhile, due to overwhelming public opposition to it, there were no Legislators in the House supporting his agenda.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2129][FONT=Helvetica]We were able to show House author Nornes that his own Ottertail County constituents did not want it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1D2129][FONT=Helvetica][FONT=inherit]Mary Franson, representing the rest of Ottertail County, fought hard for us based on massive input from her constituents against the bill.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]We had the House locked up. The key Chair positions did not want to accept Ingebrigtsen's Senate language on the House version of the Omnibus Bill.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]The final step, before going to the Governor, is that the Hose and Senate get together in conference committee to negotiate differences in their bills.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]The House conferees fought against including the muskie language.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Senator Ingebrigtsen threw a fit. He threatened to leave, refusing to work on anything without inclusion of his anti-muskie language. Basically, he held all of the work of all of the state Legislators hostage, and demanded the inclusion of his garbage.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Eventually, in the name of moving forward, they caved in and accepted it.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]So the anti-muskie language is on both the House and Senate Omnibus Bills!!![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Our course of action now is to go to the Governor. ASAP.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]We need him to veto the final bill if it includes this.[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]He has done it before. We have gotten the veto twice in the past over terrible legislation like this![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]We need a huge public push right now![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]We need EVERYONE to call the Governors office. Tell them how terrible this language is for MN anglers. Tell them how Ingebrigtsen has no integrity, and has railroaded this entire thing. Ask the Governor to please refuse to sign any bill with any anti-muskie language in it![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]CALL NOW!![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]If he gets this, it's the beginning of the end for muskie fishing in Minnesota! This will be the stepping stone for stronger, and farther reaching attacks on muskie management![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Governor Dayton's Office: 651-201-3400[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Call NOW!![/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Thank you,[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Aaron Meyer[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]MN Muskie and Pike Alliance[/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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