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After six months of working
12-hour days to draft a state
budget, it’s not surprising
that Senate Ways and Means
Committee staffers needed
something to laugh about by
June.
This year, their joke of
choice was an inflatable pink video game
character known as a Balloonicorn.
“We are ordering pizza and Chinese food
every night... It’s high pressure,” said (Steve)
Jones, who has been a part of the Ways and
Means staff since 1988. “We try to work
together and have fun together.”
—“The News Tribune” Local News: At the Legislature, Ballonicorn continues an
annual tradition, published July 8, 2015
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