Not all the ice is frozen
During an E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division hearing, Sen. Lisa Fobbe, DFL-Zimmerman, asked why it is that only four school districts, all along the Canadian border, are allowed to levy to cover the expenses of operating a school swimming pool.
Turns out, the provision was crafted by former state senator Bob Lessard, DFL-International Falls.
Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, committee chairman, joked about the origins of the language.
“I think those files have been burned,” he quipped.
Sen. Gen Olson, R-Minnetrista, had another idea concerning the reasoning for the slightly odd language.
“They were trying to overcome the belief that the only water they have up there is frozen,” she joked.
