TIMPAWLENTY

Letter: Tax question shouldn't be on table

On the Daily Globe’s Web site, I noticed a poll on the question of raising city taxes to cover Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s cuts to local government aid (LGA).

By Audrey Harmening, Lakefield , July 10, 2009

Letter: LGA is not welfare

On his June 19 radio program, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that Local Government Aid (LGA) is a “municipal welfare system.” This is both mean-spirited and wrong.

By Richard Peterson, Mountain Lake , July 09, 2009

Letter: Pawlenty's balancing act is wrong

Governor Pawlenty’s plan to use unallotment to balance Minnesota’s budget is wrong for Minnesota for many reasons.

By Douglas Bauman, Brewster , July 07, 2009

Column: When to hold 'em, and to fold 'em

ST. PAUL — They say in politics “timing is everything.” If that is the case, Governor Tim Pawlenty has a Rolex watch with jeweled precision.

By Phil Krinkie, Taxpayers League of Minnesota , June 10, 2009

Pawlenty's week ends with DC whirlwind

ST. PAUL (AP) — Gov. Tim Pawlenty capped a personally momentous week with a politically enterprising trip to Washington on Friday, squeezing in at least three speeches and a couple of interviews about his future plans.

By Associated Press , June 06, 2009

As others see it: Take unallotment to the courts

It’s time for some state advocacy groups or unions to take their complaints of the governor’s approach to balancing the budget to court. It would be in their best interest and really in the best interest of all Minnesotans.

By Mesabi Daily News of Virginia , June 05, 2009

College grants see increase

Uncertainty remains as budget cuts still possible
ST. PAUL — College students facing rising tuition when they head to campus next fall have at least some good financial news — state and federal governments are increasing grant programs.

By Don Davis , May 30, 2009

As others see it: Cleanup veto wrong

Minnesota’s water resources are our most valuable resources and must be protected and preserved for future generations in as pristine a shape as possible.

By Bemidji Pioneer , May 28, 2009

Editorial: A session to forget

It will be interesting to see just what transpires in the Minnesota elections of November 2010.

By Daily Globe , May 26, 2009

As others see it: Minnesota takes big biodiesel step

Minnesota government leaders and Gov. Tim Pawlenty can take pride in moving Minnesota forward with a strategic energy policy that is leading the country.

By The Free Press of Mankato , May 07, 2009

Editorial: Share the pain

Patti Cullen, president and CEO of Care Providers of Minnesota, visited the Daily Globe last week alongside Arlan G. Swanson, the administrator at Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda. While speaking about how cuts to long-term care — including a reduction in state-regulated rates — would likely by devastating for care facilities across Minnesota, they offered a specific plea: If cuts are going to be made, they should be made to as many entities as possible. This would ease the pain the long-term care providers would feel, they argue, as well as any other number of those receiving state funds.

April 24, 2009

Pawlenty praises new House plan

ST. PAUL — A Minnesota House public works package that spends $120 million less than senators’ plan “is a step in the right direction,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty said.

By Scott Wente and Don Davis , April 01, 2009

Editorial: Nothing wrong with saving money

With a budget battle looming in the next few weeks, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made an announcement Tuesday that even Democratic rivals could appreciate.

By Daily Globe , April 01, 2009

Obama grants disaster aid request

ST. PAUL — Minnesota leaders applauded President Barack Obama’s decision to grant the state’s request for federal disaster aid as Red River Valley communities fight rising floodwaters.

By Scott Wente and Don Davis , March 27, 2009

Flooding aid requested

Pawlenty seeks speedy disaster relief
ST. PAUL — State officials are ramping up their Red River Valley flood assistance and asking the federal government for similar efforts.

March 26, 2009