AM.MN: Guv amputated aid to indigents, so Hennepin County must boost taxes

Hennepin County property taxes will go up 3 percent because Gov. Pawlenty “cut the legs out” from under impoverished adults who rely on state aid for health care, according to the county’s administrator and a commissioner. “I hope those of you from the outer suburbs who OD on alcohol at our local sporting events get shipped back to your local hospitals to sober up,” says a Star Tribune commenter. (Such online comments were the topic of a media hand-wringing session last night.)

Elsewhere in Minnesota headlines this morning …

TWIN CITIES: Talk of succession. A big-city mayor winning the guv race would trigger seldom-used plans for a fill-in. [MinnPost]

MINNEAPOLIS: Email scandal on appeal. The city wants to overturn a judge who said Council Member Lisa Goodman’s emails show she wasn’t fair to a developer. [Star Tribune]

STATEWIDE: Kids are too fat. So said U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar at a hearing on heath care reform yesterday. [St. Cloud Times]

MINNEAPOLIS: Get your own show. WCCO-AM won’t play ball with DFLers seeking balance to Gov. Pawlenty’s weekly onslaught on the airwaves. [MinnPost]

ST. PAUL: Van search during RNC was illegal. That’s what Max Specktor, a member of the RNC8, argues in court. [St. Paul Pioneer Press]

MINNEAPOLIS: Stitch in time didn’t save house. Named for a past resident who sewed the first state flag, the Pauline Fjelde House, which burned Tuesday, was waiting judgment on whether it was historic enough to stop an Eagan couple from razing it. [Star Tribune]