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If states’ rights include opting out of a public option in federal health care reform, they apparently don’t include the right to deal with droughts and deluges on your own. On Tuesday, Gov. Pawlenty sent a letter to the federal government asking for help with six soggy counties up north. If only state government didn’t regularly dip into its rainy-day fund to balance budgets, we might save the cost of postage and ignominy of begging to the feds.
ST. PAUL: Tom Emmer pays sign fine. But the state representative and GOP gubernatorial candidate didn’t admit to taking an in-kind gift of billboard space for two election seasons. [Minnesota Public Radio]
ESKO: Voters trounce new stadium. The $6.8 million plan included turning grass fields into artificial turf and dirt parking lots into blacktop. [Duluth News Tribune]
MINNEAPOLIS: Red-lining parks? A Minneapolis city council member wants proof the park board isn’t shafting poorer parts of town. [Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder via Twin Cities Daily Planet]
OSAKIS: Today it’s Osakis. Every day brings news of another city raising property taxes to make up for cuts in state aid to local governments. [Osakis Review]
ST. CLOUD: What FDR’s WPA did. The Great Depression federal jobs program is the topic of a series of programs at St. Cloud State University that ends just before Northstar Commuter line starts rail/bus service there from the Twin Cities. [St. Cloud Times]
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST: The other Roosevelt founded the northern Minnesota park in 1909. But the 100th birthday party is in St. Paul — no hard blowing or lit candles, please. [Associated Press]
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Comment posted September 16, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Glad you pointed this out! In an interview I did with the Star-Tribune last week, I also noted that Pawlenty is quite inconsistent on this 10th Amendment stance.
Most notably, here at the Tenth Amendment Center, we take issue with the fact that the Gov vetoed medical marijuana legislation in MN just recently…leaving both enforcement and cost of keeping this plant illegal in the state to the federal government.
In short, he’s violating the 10th simply by keeping the status quo and requiring people in other states to pay for enforcement of this unconstitutional “war on marijuana”
13 other states have nullified some federal drug laws by enacting medical marijuana legislation. Why doesn’t Pawlenty stand up for principle on THIS issue?
Comment posted September 16, 2009 @ 9:54 am
Ummm Mike old boy, the only principle that Tim Pawlenty stands for is getting elected. He’s never met a principle worth keeping if it stood in the way of his next paycheck or donor.
Comment posted September 16, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Amuseinc – that’s probably right. I see that as the case with most politicians anyway. But what I find unfortunate is that other than here on Minnesota Independent, this flip flopping isn’t being covered in the media.
And no one is reporting on this big one that I gave to the star-tribune – his flip flop on a major issue – medical marijuana.
Comment posted September 16, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
Doesn’t pawlenty know it actually costs like $72,000 to mail a letter via the US Postal Service? A true conservative would have used Fedex.
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