Number one Republican priority

House Republicans got it handed to them in the recent elections. They were seen by voters as not caring about important issues, things like education, health care, and transportation. Voters made their disgust with the do-nothing legislature known at the polls.

However, it doesn't seem like Steve Sviggum paid much attention. Today, he said that there is all but a guarantee that the legislature will enact stadium legislation this year. What a priority! No reassurance that Republicans will finally deal with the transportation funding shortfall in a mature way, no reassurance that more teachers won't be let go from schools. No, the only guarantee is that the state will spend money on corporate welfare for billionaires in light of a budget deficit that is at least $1.4 million in reality (none of this $700 million "inflation doesn't exist" nonsense).

Obviously, Sviggum hasn't learned a thing from the past elections. If he doesn't study quickly, he won't be speaker for too much longer.