MN Lawmaker Calls Neil Gaiman a "Pencil-Necked Weasel"
Wednesday, May 4 By Andrew Shaffer A Minnesota lawmaker called Neil Gaiman "a pencil-necked little weasel" this week. Seriously. As the Star Tribune reports:
House Republicans are reexamining state funding for some key arts and cultural heritage groups -- a move that may take political aim at Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Zoo and other entities that have gotten special appropriations.
Dean Urdahl singled out a $45,000 payment of Legacy money that was made last year to science fiction writer Neil Gaiman for a four-hour speaking appearance. Dean said that Gaiman, "who I hate," was a "pencil-necked little weasel who stole $45,000 from the state of Minnesota."
"Maybe that's why you're such a great writer," paranormal romance author Gina Mosley Lamm wrote to Gaiman on Twitter. "I mean, a pencil for a neck? How handy is that!"
(via Neil Gaiman)
