At The Capitol Today

On the treacherous Senate stairs today, I had a chance to thank Sen. Linda Higgins for her sponsorship of the bill that would make it possible for municipalities across the state to offer domestic partner benefits to their employees. She was very gracious and seemed cheered at my expression of gratitude. She explained that it was her opponent in the last election who's lawsuit led to the overturning of domestic partner benefits for Minneapolis city employees. This bill is certainly a poetic way of giving Mr. Lilly the raspberries.