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Pawlenty’s Vetoes Aim at His Future, Not State’s

By Jeff Fecke | 05.14.07 | 5:27 pm

Jeff FeckeUndoubtedly over the next week, the DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature will be sending Tim Pawlenty a series of spending bills that he promptly will veto.  He will do so with lines he’s used already, like “the buffet’s closed”…

Movement Building Won’t Work Against an Obstinate Executive

By Leigh Pomeroy | 05.09.07 | 7:13 pm

It’s Time for ‘Governor Veto’ to Put Away His Supertogs
Pawlenty posterOn these pages Joe Bodell suggested recently that “Progressive Organizations Need Some Work.” He laments that “movement building [is taking] a back…

Why Does the GOP Want to Protect the Very Rich?

By Leigh Pomeroy | 05.03.07 | 6:00 pm

Because absent a critical media, they can get away with it

Rich bankerLike war, taxes are a hot-button issue. Any discussion of them seems to get…

Governor Veto Strikes First Blood

By Leigh Pomeroy | 05.01.07 | 9:21 pm

State construction bonding bill first to fall to Pawlenty’s rapier pen

VetoNot even employing the line item veto, Gov. Tim Pawlenty threw the entire state construction projects bonding bill back to the Minnesota Legislature, saying, in essence, “Make it…