Goodbye TouchPlay, Hello Tourists
A judge ruled not to block the shutdown of TouchPlay machines across the state at midnight Wednesday. Pille ruled that the Legislature didn’t overstep its constitutional rights, but did note that about 3,000 businesses are getting screwed on this one:
There is little doubt the impending ban will financially devastate
plaintiffs and likely force them into invsolvency,” Pille wrote. But the
likelihood of the businesses proving that the legislative ban impairs their contractual relationships is of little consequence because the contractual relationships will no longer exist, he said.
Guiliani spoke on immigration at an event for Jeff Lamberti in Des Moines yesterday. He struck a moderate stance saying, “If you were to deal with it through either extreme” - wide-open borders or large-scale arrests - “I think you’d make a terrible mistake.” He also appeared at a Nussle event in Davenport, where he stressed his experience in dealing with immigration in New York.
The article also says that Guiliani is a moderate like John McCain. Now this is a pet peeve of mine, so let’s take this time to remember John McCain’s roots, folks. Some highlights: 0% NARAL rating, 0% ACLU rating, 100% CATO rating.
South Dakota is giving free gas to tourists, but we’re giving away Iowa-shaped air-fresheners too. Now everyone’s going to visit us instead, SD! I hope all the states start trying to one-up each other on giveaways. First state to buy me a pony wins.
1 comment May 2nd, 2006
