First it was the bill to make ice hockey the official state sport, now during the important debate on the bonding bill there's more hockey talk. The Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who's a hockey mom, has been announcing scores from the high school hockey tournament. She's also effectively dissolving the tension in the room. As Minority Leader Marty Seifert complained about all the money for gorillas in zoos, he thanked the Speaker for the visual aid, a banana. By the way visual aids are not allowed on the House floor. This new younger generation of House leaders (they're all in their 30s) are making these long debates tolerable by having a sense of humor and playfulness. Plus, the Speaker is on top of the world after the veto override. Even Republicans admit she's currently the state's most successful politician. How does Gov. Anderson Kelliher sound?
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Hockey Week At The Capitol
03/06/08
First it was the bill to make ice hockey the official state sport, now during the important debate on the bonding bill there's more hockey talk. The Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who's a hockey mom, has been announcing scores from the high school hockey tournament. She's also effectively dissolving the tension in the room.