from Rep. John Lesch:
The following verse was written for the last bill of session, the Revisor’s bill, which is
meant to correct small fixes in major legislation that was passed earlier in the session. You
probably remember [Governor] Pawlenty and [House Majority Leader] Sviggum trying to “slip
in” the change of “and” to “or” on the customer notification portion of
the concealed carry bill. As house co-author I had to put the smack-down on that one and
rub it in with the speaker. After one of my earlier floor spectacles, I was asked by Marty
Seifert to do a poem in my role as a coauthor of the revisor’s bill. The only criteria he
gave me was that I had to fit in some reference to Charlie’s Café, Bud
Heidgerken’s little place off I-94 up in Freeport. As the revisor’s bill is the last
bill we do, this was the last speech of the session. Needless to say, I used it to my full
advantage.
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We’ve read and mused For good or ill On Merinac’s Revisor’s Bill |
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And found it sound Or mostly so For small mistakes or quid pro quo, |
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Although I must For need deep six Concealed carry’s “minor fix” |
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All else is fine For press your green And shuffle from this callow scene |
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The curtain’s down The glass is raised And all the freshmen have been hazed |
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Our deeds are done Our families wait And Rukavina cannot wait |
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To blaze a path To hook and bait To hell with votes on .08 |
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So now we go To hearth and home To push a broom or plow the loam |
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And maybe meet Some fine June day At Heidgerken’s Charlie’s Café. |