 Governor Mark Dayton vetoed a bill last week designed to improve the wild rice sulfate standard in Minnesota. The current water sulfate standard is nearly 45 years old and has never been implemented. Local Representative Dale Luke has been working for years to try to replace the old standard and after last week's veto from the governor he says he's disappointed but he'll keep on fighting. It's a frustrating thing when you when you don't go back and get rid of old things that are out dating they come back to haunt you. We're going to turn a new page one way or the other come this November so we'll have a new governor. I would anticipate we'll have new commissioners pretty much throughout all the agencies so that gives us a fresh start. I can say 10 years stop of the business. 10 years we've been bouncing this ball around and we still haven't got it completely figured out so we'll just keep working on it. Governor Dayton did establish a task force on wild rice that included some elements of the bill but that order will expire 90 days after the governor leaves office. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.