He s always like raccoons, said Lessard, a fishing guide in real life. It even bit me a couple of times, said Lessard fondly. The coot well Charlie is gone, said Stevens, looking around the table for Sen. Charlie Berg, R, Chokio. Sen. Pat Pariseau, R, Farmington, asked why illegally killing a opossum would require reimbursement. They re a destructive animal.
Marsupials are pouched animals which include kangaroos and wombat.
Meanwhile in the What Comes Around Goes Around Department, Senate Minority Leader Dick Day, R, Owatonna, became of the object of retributional legislation offered by Sen. Dave Johnson, DFL, Bloomington. Earlier in the week, Day, who has emerged in recent months as the state s foremost malcontent on the subject of highways and traffic congestion, presented a plan to bypass the MnDot s proposal to close the Crosstown for repairs for four years. Arguing the move would only push on cars on the already glutted 494, Day proposed to shift the Crosstown repair funding to adding additional lanes on 494. After this is done, then worry about the Crosstown, he argued. Beyond this, Day also proposed placing a moratorium on major construction along congested highways in Hennepin County the thing that found Johnson s craw.