Talk About Insult To Injury

The same week that 6 GOP Representatves broke ranks to overide the Govenor's gas tax veto, crude oil broke a $100 dollars a barrel.

I can't imagine what gas prices are going to be this spring. On top of that Minnesota is in a recession, plus we just found out we have a bilion dollar deficit. This week the Minnesota Legislature is looking at two Global Warming bills: auto emissions and a cap-and-trade plan. South Dakota is looking better all the time.

The GOP acted quickly to reprimand the 6, but I made the above poster so we remember who NOT to vote for this fall.
As Seen in the StarTribune.

Less than 24 hours after six rogue Republican House members voted to override a veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill, they were stripped of leadership positions, a swift - and unusual - recrimination that was intended to “stitch together” a fractious House Republican caucus.

Several of the dissenting members did not go willingly or quietly, telling House Minority Leader Marty Seifert that he would have to fire them from the positions.

“I am not going along with this foolishness. If you have to get rid of me, fire me,” said Rep. Ron Erhardt, R-Edina, who was removed as the lead Republican as the Property Tax Relief & Local Sales Taxes Committee. “This is the way we get treated if we vote our districts and vote our consciences and vote our feeling that we are doing the right thing for the state.”

The changes are:

Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, replaced by Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, on the Agriculture, Rural Economies & Veterans Affairs Committee

Rep. Kathy Tingelstad, R-Andover, replaced by Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker, on the Capital Investment Committee.

Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, replaced by Rep. Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, on Health Care and Human Services Committee.

Rep. Bud Heidgerken, R-Freeport, replaced by Rep. Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton, on K-12 Finance.

Rep. Ron Erhardt, R-Edina, replaced by Rep. Morrie Lanning, R- Moorhead, on Property Tax Relief & Local Sales Taxes.

In addition, Rep. Neil Peterson, R-Bloomington, was removed as an Assistant Minority Whip and replaced by Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington.