“Snarlin’ Marlin” Likes to Get His Drink On!

(That, or he has family who does.)

Seriously, the AssDem leadership is are doing all they can to give the runaround on tossing Jeff Wood out of the legislative body and then to have one of their longest serving members votes against because 'it won't work.'

[Yeah, a lot could be said about many things Marlin Schneider wants to see become law.  Namely four-year terms for Assembly members.

The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a bill designed to cut down on drunken driving. The Senate was expected to follow suit later on Wednesday.

It passed the Assembly on Wednesday 92-to-1 with Democratic Rep. Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids casting the lone no vote.

Passage was never in doubt as a substantially similar bill passed unanimously in both the Senate and Assembly earlier this year.

Final passage was delayed from earlier this year until Wednesday while lawmakers worked on figuring out how to pay for it. They agreed to increase fees on convicted criminals and drunken drivers seeking to have their licenses reinstated.

The bill makes a first offense a crime if someone under age 16 is in the car and makes driving drunk a felony on a fourth offense instead of a fifth.

It also makes ignition interlocks mandatory for repeat OWI offenders and also first-time offenders who had a high blood-alcohol content.

The State Senate has already passed it unanimously, Governor Doyle is expected to sign it.