[image_caption]State Rep. John Huot[/image_caption]
Marc Majors is taking over as head of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s workforce development programs, the Star Tribune reported. The previous head, Hamse Warfe, left the position in January to join the Biden administration.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will expand its monitoring of the use of PFAS chemicals at commercial facilities, according to WCCO.
General Mills and the LeBron James Family Foundation have launched a taco restaurant in Ohio themed around the Old El Paso brand, according to the Star Tribune.
A baby was born at the side of the Radio Drive off-ramp of I-94, per the Pioneer Press.
A Minneapolis man who was driving without a license was charged in the death of priest, the Rev. Dennis Dempsey in Roseville last October, the Star Tribune reported. Dempsey was riding his bicycle when the driver struck him from behind.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources moved a dead deer left by a motorist closer to the eagle’s nest featured on the agency’s eagle cam so the eagles could feed on the carcass, BringMeTheNews reported.
Vole season is coming, according to WCCO.
Who will enforce this law on idiots at youth sports events? Will the cops come in and arrest them? Throw a large group in the paddy wagon? How subjective will the standard be? Just how much time and money will be spent prosecuting and defending these knuckleheads while the current carjackers, multiple DWI’ers, and recidivist criminals keep being caught and released? We catch and release youth car jackers but now spend time on this?
As much as I hate idiots at youth sports events, once you get past the warm feelings on this bill, it becomes a mess for the counties to execute and ties up law enforcement and county prosecutors.
I totally agree with you Mr. Briebart … this is a ‘can of worms.’ I detest these types of fans, but …. as you state, there are many problems with this bill/law. I understand that the Minnesota State HS League does not have the authority to fine people … so how will the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission fine one of these unruly people at a high school event … where they have no authority or no contact? MASC has no bearing and has nothing to do with high school sports. Who, from the MASC, will have that authority to fine someone and take on that responsibility … I am assuming that is an organization with many volunteers in charge of youth sports (not high school sports at any level) and its function? Do you really believe that MASC attorneys will become involved in going after these unruly fans and getting them to pay their fine? Who will make the judgment that a fan is ‘unruly?’ Not all high school events have supervision … golf, tennis, cross country, possibly swimming, etc. Certainly not every junior high school or 9th grade game has supervision … in some larger schools there may be 7-15 contests going on at various sites at one time. Or, some events, have a faculty member supervising because the athletic director may be at another event that afternoon or evening …. a tough call for that person or a coach who is alone at the contest. Others have suggested that the spectator be banned from that sport … how do you ban someone from a Little League or junior high school game (baseball, softball, soccer as examples) …. especially where you can walk into the game from any direction? There will be someone in authority at every Little League and junior high game who is going to confront this person who has been banned? The intent is good, but lots of questions on its implementation.
Mr. Nehil, good job attributing stories to their sources. That is something I miss from Mr. Lambert’s morning Glean.
Thanks, Ms. Lesch. I plan to do that going forward. When moving to this format for the afternoon Glean one of my goals was to eliminate repeated or extra information, and I figured attribution of the stories was covered by the links themselves. But that doesn’t really work well for someone who is skimming, or who only wants to click through to links to certain sources. So the attributions are back!
I don’t know what I’m missing here. I just looked through several recent issues of Brian Lambert’s morning Glean, and I saw consistent attribution of stories to their sources. Prominently so, in fact. So I guess I don’t see how the criticism is justified.
I was comparing the old afternoon Glean without attributions to the new one with attributions (as Mr. Nehil explains above). Mr. Lambert has always attributed his sources, by both author and publication. I much prefer the Lambert model. I don’t think I criticized anybody.
Oh, I misunderstood what you meant when you wrote “That is something I miss from Mr. Lambert’s morning Glean.”.
Sorry ’bout that!
Glad you asked. I’m starting to like Mr. Nehil’s style.