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Missouri does it right. At the end of session legislators chuck their bills and paperwork into the air. Georgia does too. Stateline.org chronicles America's legislative end-of-session traditions like songs, skits, synchronized ceremonies and even the "Shroud Award" for the deadest bill. Minnesota is bugged.

Representing Utah, Senator Scott McCoy describes our final night awards ceremony:

"Interns in Utah’s state Senate award signed Certificates of Senator Superlatives at the session’s close, including honors for the best wardrobe, the most likely to vote no, and the “only person on the floor able to understand his bill,” among others.

"State Sen. Scott McCoy, a liberal Democrat in a state where two-thirds of the House and Senate is Republican, won an award from this year’s interns for delivering speeches most likely to fall on deaf ears.

"'I’m often a dissenting voice on a lot of things we pass.' McCoy said. '(But) all of (the awards) are in good fun and in jest, and a way to celebrate what is normally a high-intensity, short time-frame period of 45 days.'"

1 Comments:

 The Lady Logician said...

As a former Minnesotan (now finally living in Utah) I can tell you, we are not bugged....we are glad that we can finally get them the heck out of town before they can do any more damage!

LL

6/24/2008 8:29 AM  

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