Ben Fried justly blasts NY state Sens. Jeff Klein and Eric Adams for their pollution-friendly proposal to suspend tolls on bridges and tunnels in NYC during major holidays.
Posted by smilingdork Help a brother out
May 11, 2008In Minnesota, the good guys are on the brink of putting a medical marijuana bill on the governor’s desk. But they have a roadblock:
Unfortunately, Gov. Pawlenty — on the short-list for McCain’s VP, incidentally — has said he “stands with law enforcement” on the issue; meaning, presumably, in opposition to it and inclined to veto based on the opposition of a small but vocal contingent of cops and prosecutors.
One problem: that small but vocal contingent has been exaggerating, offering misleading testimony, and occasionally lying outright about the bill.
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