MT: Democrat Wants a State Pancake
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:22 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 11 February 2009 11:22
See, this is what happens when Democrats, or 8 year-olds are at the helm of state government (Apologies ahead of time to any offended 8-year olds).
From Helenair.com:
If the way to a legislator’s heart is through his stomach, the promoters of a bill to create a state pancake had the edge Wednesday — even if the measure did face some principled opposition.
Sen. Carolyn Squires, D-Missoula, made her pitch to the Senate Agriculture Committee to declare a huckleberry, whole-wheat pancake as the state pancake, an idea hatched by kids from an elementary school in her district.
“People have written me letters telling me (my bill) is frivolous,” she said. “To me, it’s important, because it’s a group of children learning how government works.”