Presidential Material? Really?
If the rest of the country knew what we in Minnesota know about Tim Pawlenty, would he still be the next big thing?
Paul Scott, Star Tribune | MN
One night last Christmas during our annual family light-watching tour, I drove past Gov. Tim Pawlenty's suburban home. An older brother who lives in the area pointed it out to us, but it wasn't hard to find. To accommodate his security detail, the governor had what can only be described as an ice-fishing house parked in his driveway.
Pawlenty wasn't the first state executive to stiff-arm the Governor's Residence in St. Paul, a burdensome address that could easily be mistaken for that other famous dump, Stately Wayne Manor. And officially, he does in live in St. Paul part of the time. Still, to a proud Minnesotan, something about the grim sight of that shanty-obstructed Pawlenty residence in the suburbs felt like a snub. What exactly was wrong, I wanted to ask, with the gorgeous Tudor we offered you on Summit Avenue?
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Governor Pawlenty Accelerates Race to the Bottom, Nora Ferrell, Minnesota 2020
- Higher education, public safety, community services, public education—all of these critical programs are on the chopping block.
- Statements on the governor's overall service cuts, education cuts, and LGA cuts from John Van Hecke, John Fitzgerald, and Jeff Van Wychen
Get Ready for Governor Pawlenty's Property Tax Hike, Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020<
Coming soon to a property tax statement near you: Governor Tim Pawlenty's 2010 property tax increases! The governor, who already took $110 million in revenue from counties and cities in December of 2008, has made clear that many of his future unallotments will be even more cuts to Minnesota communities. Those cuts will translate into nearly a quarter billion dollars in property taxes next year
