Apparently, 133 GopherHole members have strong enough opinions on the issue of whether or not liquor should be served in the suites and club seating areas of TCF Bank Stadium to motivate to write in to this forum to express those strong opinions. I did not count, nor did I read your comments to determine the for and against vote. Instead of wasting your time writing, do something more proactive, call, e-mail, write, or smoke signal your Minnesota House of Representatives Member and give him or her your own opinion on how you want them to vote on this issue. Here is a link to the House of Representatives Journal page for Monday, May 3, 2010, containing the proposed amendment and the vote of each member on the liquor proposition:
" http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/journals/2009-10/J0503095.htm
Also, here is my copy and paste of the amendment and the entire vote:
Kahn moved to amend S. F. No. 184, the second engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 9, after line 27, insert:
"Sec. 20. [137.66] ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING PROGRAM.
Journal of the House - 95th Day - Monday, May 3, 2010 - Top of Page 10892
As a condition of the license under section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, paragraph (a), clause (3), the University of Minnesota shall deposit up to $500,000 of the revenue generated through the existence of this license to the athletic scholarship account within the athletic department. Such funds shall be dedicated for meritorious scholarships for men and women student-athletes attending the University of Minnesota.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 14, after line 7, insert:
"Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
Subd. 4a. Publicly owned recreation; entertainment facilities. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, local ordinance, or charter provision, the commissioner may issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses:
(1) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of any Giants Ridge Recreation Area building or recreational improvement area owned by the state in the city of Biwabik, St. Louis County;
(2) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of any Ironworld Discovery Center building or facility owned by the state at Chisholm;
(3) to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for events at Northrop Auditorium, the intercollegiate football stadium, or at no more than seven other locations within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota, provided that the Board of Regents has approved an application for a license for the specified location and provided that a license for an arena or a stadium location is void unless it requires the sale or service of intoxicating liquor throughout the arena or stadium if intoxicating liquor is sold or served anywhere in the arena or stadium, and providing that the license may allow service of intoxicating liquor exclusively at club areas of arenas; and
(4) to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority for beverage sales on the premises of the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Arena during intercollegiate hockey games.
The commissioner shall charge a fee for licenses issued under this subdivision in an amount comparable to the fee for comparable licenses issued in surrounding cities.
(b) No alcoholic beverage may be sold or served at TCF Bank Stadium unless the Board of Regents holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the stadium as provided in paragraph (a), clause (3).
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Kahn amendment and the roll was called.
Journal of the House - 95th Day - Monday, May 3, 2010 - Top of Page 10893
Pursuant to rule 2.05, Downey was excused from voting on the Kahn amendment to S. F. No. 184, the second engrossment, as amended.
There were 18 yeas and 111 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Brod
Brynaert
Bunn
Demmer
Fritz
Greiling
Kahn
Kalin
Knuth
Laine
Loon
McNamara
Morrow
Murphy, E.
Peterson
Seifert
Thissen
Those who voted in the negative were:
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Beard
Benson
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Buesgens
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davids
Davnie
Dean
Dettmer
Dill
Doepke
Doty
Drazkowski
Eastlund
Eken
Falk
Faust
Gardner
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kath
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Koenen
Kohls
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mack
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McFarlane
Morgan
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Nornes
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Ruud
Sailer
Sanders
Scalze
Scott
Sertich
Shimanski
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Tillberry
Torkelson
Urdahl
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Zellers
Spk. Kelliher
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted."
Now that you are armed with the names of the yeas and the nays, here is your action information for contacting your representative. Sorry, I do not have smoke signal contact information:
Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 2009 - 2010
Note: All of the office numbers are in the State Office Building,
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Saint Paul Minnesota 55155.
If you are uncertain who represents you please visit our district finder.
Here is the link to the names, district numbers, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and House office numbers of all of your Representatives. It is not too late for another vote. Any Representative who voted against the amendment on the first vote, may request a new vote. At the Legislature, it is never too late, and a bill is never dead until everyone has gone home. The Representatives:
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/housemembers.asp
Your opinion and your vote do count. Use them both, but please don't bug my representative, Phyllis Kahn, because she is the author of the amendment to allow liquor at TCF Bank Stadium.
By the way, I don't drink, I don't have a suite or club seats, and I don't even have season tickets,, so I don't have a vested interest in this issue unless someone wants to invite me to their suite for a Bailey's and ice cream.
" http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/journals/2009-10/J0503095.htm
Also, here is my copy and paste of the amendment and the entire vote:
Kahn moved to amend S. F. No. 184, the second engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 9, after line 27, insert:
"Sec. 20. [137.66] ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING PROGRAM.
Journal of the House - 95th Day - Monday, May 3, 2010 - Top of Page 10892
As a condition of the license under section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, paragraph (a), clause (3), the University of Minnesota shall deposit up to $500,000 of the revenue generated through the existence of this license to the athletic scholarship account within the athletic department. Such funds shall be dedicated for meritorious scholarships for men and women student-athletes attending the University of Minnesota.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 14, after line 7, insert:
"Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
Subd. 4a. Publicly owned recreation; entertainment facilities. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, local ordinance, or charter provision, the commissioner may issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses:
(1) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of any Giants Ridge Recreation Area building or recreational improvement area owned by the state in the city of Biwabik, St. Louis County;
(2) to the state agency administratively responsible for, or to an entity holding a concession or facility management contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of any Ironworld Discovery Center building or facility owned by the state at Chisholm;
(3) to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for events at Northrop Auditorium, the intercollegiate football stadium, or at no more than seven other locations within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota, provided that the Board of Regents has approved an application for a license for the specified location and provided that a license for an arena or a stadium location is void unless it requires the sale or service of intoxicating liquor throughout the arena or stadium if intoxicating liquor is sold or served anywhere in the arena or stadium, and providing that the license may allow service of intoxicating liquor exclusively at club areas of arenas; and
(4) to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority for beverage sales on the premises of the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Arena during intercollegiate hockey games.
The commissioner shall charge a fee for licenses issued under this subdivision in an amount comparable to the fee for comparable licenses issued in surrounding cities.
(b) No alcoholic beverage may be sold or served at TCF Bank Stadium unless the Board of Regents holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the stadium as provided in paragraph (a), clause (3).
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Kahn amendment and the roll was called.
Journal of the House - 95th Day - Monday, May 3, 2010 - Top of Page 10893
Pursuant to rule 2.05, Downey was excused from voting on the Kahn amendment to S. F. No. 184, the second engrossment, as amended.
There were 18 yeas and 111 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Anderson, P.
Brod
Brynaert
Bunn
Demmer
Fritz
Greiling
Kahn
Kalin
Knuth
Laine
Loon
McNamara
Morrow
Murphy, E.
Peterson
Seifert
Thissen
Those who voted in the negative were:
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Beard
Benson
Bigham
Bly
Brown
Buesgens
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davids
Davnie
Dean
Dettmer
Dill
Doepke
Doty
Drazkowski
Eastlund
Eken
Falk
Faust
Gardner
Gottwalt
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kath
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Koenen
Kohls
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Mack
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McFarlane
Morgan
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Nornes
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Ruud
Sailer
Sanders
Scalze
Scott
Sertich
Shimanski
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Tillberry
Torkelson
Urdahl
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Zellers
Spk. Kelliher
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted."
Now that you are armed with the names of the yeas and the nays, here is your action information for contacting your representative. Sorry, I do not have smoke signal contact information:
Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 2009 - 2010
Note: All of the office numbers are in the State Office Building,
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Saint Paul Minnesota 55155.
If you are uncertain who represents you please visit our district finder.
Here is the link to the names, district numbers, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and House office numbers of all of your Representatives. It is not too late for another vote. Any Representative who voted against the amendment on the first vote, may request a new vote. At the Legislature, it is never too late, and a bill is never dead until everyone has gone home. The Representatives:
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/housemembers.asp
Your opinion and your vote do count. Use them both, but please don't bug my representative, Phyllis Kahn, because she is the author of the amendment to allow liquor at TCF Bank Stadium.
By the way, I don't drink, I don't have a suite or club seats, and I don't even have season tickets,, so I don't have a vested interest in this issue unless someone wants to invite me to their suite for a Bailey's and ice cream.
