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    The article reports on a bill being introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that would make it illegal to obtain employment at agricultural facilities like meat processing plants or farms under false pretenses or to take photos or recordings at those facilities without permission. The executive director of the ACLU of Minnesota calls the bill "crazy," "silly," and "clearly unconstitutional," saying it infringes on free speech and press rights. He predicts activist groups will immediately challenge the bill's validity if it passes.

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    The article reports on a bill being introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that would make it illegal to obtain employment at agricultural facilities like meat processing plants or farms under false pretenses or to take photos or recordings at those facilities without permission. The executive director of the ACLU of Minnesota calls the bill "crazy," "silly," and "clearly unconstitutional," saying it infringes on free speech and press rights. He predicts activist groups will immediately challenge the bill's validity if it passes.

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    The article reports on a bill being introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that would make it illegal to obtain employment at agricultural facilities like meat processing plants or farms under false pretenses or to take photos or recordings at those facilities without permission. The executive director of the ACLU of Minnesota calls the bill "crazy," "silly," and "clearly unconstitutional," saying it infringes on free speech and press rights. He predicts activist groups will immediately challenge the bill's validity if it passes.

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    The article reports on a bill being introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that would make it illegal to obtain employment at agricultural facilities like meat processing plants or farms under false pretenses or to take photos or recordings at those facilities without permission. The executive director of the ACLU of Minnesota calls the bill "crazy," "silly," and "clearly unconstitutional," saying it infringes on free speech and press rights. He predicts activist groups will immediately challenge the bill's validity if it passes.

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    REPORT FAULTS MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

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    W W W. S TA R T R I B U N E . C O M / L O C A L

    AROUND THE METRO, B3

    S E C T I O N B W E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 1 3 , 2 0 1 1

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    GOP plan comes up $1.2B short


    Administration officials say budget plan riddled with unproven assumptions, inaccurate estimates.
    By BAIRD HELGESON [email protected]

    Free speech vs. food producers preference to be left alone


    In 1904, journalist Upton Sinclair went undercover in a Chicago meatpacking plant to document the lives of impoverished workers. He turned his observations, and plenty of fictional absurdities and exaggerations, into the 1906 novel The Jungle. Americans were outraged not so much by the working conditions as by the depiction of unsanitary and potentially dangerous health standards common at the time. President Theodore Roosevelt thought Sinclair was a crackpot, yet his book caused such an uproar that Roosevelt ordered a clandestine investigation into the industry. The inquiry backed up some of Sinclairs claims, and eventually led to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, as well as creation of what eventually would become the Food and Drug Administration. Sinclair became a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and the meat industry was changed for the better. But if a bill being introduced in the Minnesota Legislature were to pass, people like Sinclair would become something else criminals. The bill would make it illegal for anyone to obtain a job at, say, a meat processing plant or hog farm under false pretenses. It would also criminalize taking photos, video or audio of such facilities or for that matter puppy mills or veterinarian offices, without the permission of the owners. Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, calls the bill crazy and silly. More important, he said, its clearly unconstitutional. Samuelson said the state bill is duplicative of federal law in many important ways. There already are laws against trespassing and doing damage to property, and federal law toughens the penalties when those acts are done as protests. Pushing laws further will largely infringe upon free speech and the free press, he said. Should the measure, which has not yet had a hearing, pass, this is what will happen, says Samuelson: Activist groups such as PETA will immediately test its validity. Similar proposals exist in Iowa and Florida, so any of the three
    Tevlin continues on B5

    Gov. Mark Daytons administration blew a $1.2 billion hole in the Republican Legislatures proposed budget Tuesday and raised fresh doubts about an orderly path to a budget deal. Daytons revenue and budget

    commissioners sent a strongly worded letter to Republican leaders saying their recently passed plan to erase the states $5 billion deficit has come up short despite GOP insistence the plan is balanced. We are seriously concerned that the administration could be presented a budget that is predicated on incomplete information,

    unsubstantiated assumptions and inaccurate fiscal estimates, said Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter and Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans in a joint letter to legislative leaders. The two noted that previous governors of all parties had relied on their departments nonpartisan staff as the official source for fiscal estimates on the impact of proposed bills. There are more than $1 billion of

    questionable items that really need to be nailed down, Schowalter said earlier. If we book numbers, we need to use conservative numbers so we know what we are doing. The letter deals a setback to the Republican budget timeline with only six weeks to go in the legislative session. Legislators are nearing a 10-day spring recess, after which they will have less than a month until adjournment. Dayton has said
    Budget continues on B5

    Blood banks to get shot in the arm

    Jon Boy, owner of Dinkytown Tattoo in Minneapolis, tattooed 23-year-old Ian Cosgroves arm Monday night. New safety measures will allow people who get tattoos to donate blood without having to wait a year. Blood centers see the change as a way to help establish young adults as donors.

    RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER [email protected]

    Minnesotans who get a tattoo next year wont have to wait to give blood.

    By TARYN WOBBEMA [email protected]

    Some months ago, Dr. Jed Gorlin noticed two trends he didnt like: The number of young Minnesotans getting tattoos seemed to be rising, and so was the number of young donors being turned away at local blood banks. Blood centers had a policy of turning away donors for

    one year if they had a new tattoo, for fear of blood-borne diseases. Gorlin, the medical director at Memorial Blood Centers, joined his colleagues in supporting a new state law that would require licensing and inspection of what is known as the body art industry. The law took effect last July, tattoo parlors have started applying for provisional licenses, and soon

    an inspector from the Minnesota Department of Health will begin making the rounds to see that they comply with the new rules. The law forbids tattoo artists from re-using needles and ink, among other safety measures, to prevent transmission of hepatitis C. Blood bank directors hope the
    Tattoos continues on B5

    What could make a perfect spring day even better? For Hannah Dyrud, free ice cream, namely Late Night Snack, a Ben & Jerrys concoction that includes caramel swirl and fudge-covered potato chips. The company was offering free cones nationwide Tuesday. Dyrud was at the Stadium Village shop in Minneapolis with Suzanne Le, right. For that shop, the day was bittersweet. Its closing next Friday.

    SCOOPING UP SMILES, FOR FREE

    Measure to repeal states no-fault auto insurance faces a rough road


    Senate committee sets bill aside to examine alternatives for limiting payouts.
    By MIKE KASZUBA [email protected]

    JEFF WHEELER [email protected]

    Minnesotas 37-year-old no-fault auto insurance law survived a repeal attempt Tuesday at the State Capitol, but a Senate committee later approved a series of significant changes to the law. Deputy Senate Majority Leader Geoff Michel, R-Edina, said that with Minnesota witnessing more uninsured motorists, higher insurance premiums and at least anecdotal evidence of increased insurance fraud, the

    law needed to be scuttled. This might be the nuclear bomb, Michel said of repealing the law. [But] I think it calls into question, members, what are we getting out of our nofault system? Michel said nine states have no-fault insurance down from 24 and that Minnesota is a high-cost Midwestern island surrounded by states without no-fault insurance and with lower premiums. The Senates Commerce and ConsumNo-fault continues on B5

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    LINDERS OPEN HOUSE April 16th & 17th


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    OPEN HOUSE GUIDED BUS TOURS TO LINDERS GROWING RANGE IN LAKE ELMO.
    Lill and Dave Linder will guide the tours. Tours take place Saturday the 16th at 10am and 1pm, Sunday the 17th at 1pm. Take the free bus or drive yourself. Call for details. Garden Center, Flower Marts & Landscaping

    270 West Larpenteur Avenue, St. Paul | www.linders.com | 651.488.1927 | Mon thru Fri 10am-6pm Sat 9am-6pm Sun 10am-5pm | Sale ends April 17, 2011

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