First – Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa and the rest. We’re living the good life here with our new Wii – thanks Santa.

Second- I found a distraction for anyone who finds themselves a fifth wheel in a home with only 4 Wii paddles. The Morris Sun Tribute just reported that lawmakers are looking for ideas to help with the state budget – you can post your suggestions online.

Here’s the blurb from the State site:

PLEASE SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH US!

The Minnesota House of Representatives has set up this webpage to provide an avenue for you to have a say in how we confront Minnesota’s projected budget deficit which totals $426 million this biennium and $4.8 billion for FY 2010-11.

We would also appreciate any ideas you might have as to how to solve the problem. Every idea deserves to be heard. Please use the comment fields below to give us your suggestions and/or thoughts on the deficit.
We would also ask that you please provide contact information in the designated fields. We will not share this information with anyone; we would just like to be able to contact you in case we have questions about your comments or suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your input, it will be important as we work together to solve Minnesota’s budget deficit.

So it’s not broadband – but a good use of the Internet. Also I hope folks will think about any way broadband might save money and make a suggestion. (Or really any suggestion might be great. They seem to be a little stuck.)

I have to think that this is one early indicator of changes to come with President-Elect Obama, who also looks for suggestions on his site.