This is an excellent MinnPost piece that describes what happened this year in the MN session. Or more accurately what did not happen. I always thought that our system is based on compromise, it seems that Dayton disagrees.
It did little to describe what Dayton was hung up over though, so here are some other related pieces.
MPR Dayton Torpedoes
AE Dayton Error
MPR Ground Water Spat
ST Dayton Promises VETO
After reading these it seems to me that Dayton was/is being dictatorial and petty. Am I missing something?
It did little to describe what Dayton was hung up over though, so here are some other related pieces.
MPR Dayton Torpedoes
AE Dayton Error
MPR Ground Water Spat
ST Dayton Promises VETO
After reading these it seems to me that Dayton was/is being dictatorial and petty. Am I missing something?
8 comments:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Or drugs.
Minnesotans wanted to take a timeout from legislative action. That's why they voted for a Republican controlled legislature.
--Hiram
Far easier to practice armchair psychiatry on one multiply rehabbed governor than on a million diverse Minnesotans, isn't it?
By your lights, the Governor gave the people what they wanted-- inaction. Who cares? Only a few people will be negatively impacted, like:
· Victims of elder abuse
· Victims of opioid addiction, and medical professionals
· Victims of distracted driving
· Special education and Head Start students
· People dealing with MNLARS hassles
· Deputy registrars whose businesses are floundering after MNLARS
· People who need mental health support, particularly farmers and students
· Farmers and agribusinesses that need Section 179 conformity for equipment depreciation
· People who live in rural areas without high-speed internet
· Students who need help to afford college
· People who need job training and businesses that need skilled workers
· K-12 students who won’t benefit from school safety funding
· Taxpayers who will have a heck of a time filing their taxes next year
· Voters concerned about election security
· Minnesotans concerned about privacy, data breaches, and cyber security
· CPAs and tax professionals who will be dealing with very complex tax filings
· Parents looking to find the best school for their children
· Low-income working families who rely on federal child care subsidies
· New teachers who need licenses, and schools who want to hire them
· Children enrolled in Head Start programs
· Schools that need adjustments to fully fund special education
· Patients who care about transparent pricing for health care and prescription drugs
· People with disabilities, and their caretakers, who would be affected by a 7% cut to the Disability Waiver Rate System
· Startup businesses that depend on the Angel Investor Tax Credit to grow
. Businesses that would like to stay and offer jobs, except for high state taxes,
.anybody that prefers lower taxes to higher ones.
Seems to me Dayton is paving the way for a GOP Governor come November.
As I posted at MinnPost...
"Compromise is a two-way street. The Republicans sent him poison pills, not serious legislation. Of course he vetoed, as he should have." Pat
"Again, please tell me what those terrible unacceptable poison pills were?
And how blocking them was more important than raising school funding, fighting the opioid problem, tax conformity, etc?" G2A
Here is one more detailed opinion piece.
GF Editorial Board
MFP Editorial
Curious the article about "negotiation a lost art." It does appear true that the Legislature gave Dayton 70% or more of what he told them he wanted. His vetoes could easily be seen as wanting 100%. That isn't negotiation; that's a temper tantrum.
I wonder how long before the Governor's "principled vetoes" get thrown under the bus for DFL political survival?
The whole point of divided government is to ensure that government does nothing.
--Hiram
So, this election, when people have a choice of divided or united government, will see a GOP Governor.
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