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"We don't need to write any new laws" 3/17/09 Hermantown
TIM PAWLENTY was first elected governor in 2002, with the state facing a $4.5 billion budget deficit—the largest in state history. Just months after Pawlenty took office, the legislature adopted his plan to eliminate the deficit without raising taxes. In 2005, Governor Pawlenty balanced the state budget again without raising taxes. At the end of 2006, it was announced that under Pawlenty’s leadership, Minnesota’s $4.5 billion deficit had been transformed into a $2.2 billion surplus.Besides bringing Minnesota from historic budget crisis to financial security, Pawlenty fought for and oversaw passage of a dramatic overhaul and improvement of the state's education standards; an $800 million increase in K-12 education spending along with a nation-leading teacher performance pay program; health care reforms that led to a zero percent premium increase in the state insurance program; significant welfare reform; tort liability reform; a range of new government efficiency initiatives; the creation of a nation-leading prescription drug website; and a doubling of the state's ethanol standard to increase use of renewable fuels and reduce dependence on foreign oil.Pawlenty grew up in South St. Paul, Minnesota. The only child in his family to graduate from college, he attended the University of Minnesota and practiced law in the private sector. His public service career includes serving as a criminal prosecutor, Eagan City Councilmember, and ten-year member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, including four years as House Majority Leader.Pawlenty serves as Vice-Chair of the National Governors Association and on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the Achieve Inc. Board of Directors, and the James B. Hunt Jr. Institute Board of Directors. He is Chair of the Midwestern Governors Association and is a former chair of the Governors Ethanol Coalition.Pawlenty and his wife, Mary have two daughters.November 27, 1960

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A Note From Tim Pawlenty As Minnesotans, we are fortunate to live in such a great state. We have a quality of life that is the envy of the nation. We can boast about our world-leading health care facilities and the best schools including our colleges and universities, all of which enrich our lives.We are home to world-class businesses and have low unemployment with a rich marketplace of quality jobs. We are also home to countless natural resources, whose beauty draws tourists and deeply enhances our great state.I am honored to be serving as Minnesota's governor. Our continued growth requires bold leadership, common-sense solutions and real reform. That's my goal everyday as governor, to keep Minnesota strong, prosperous, vibrant and to make sure our schools are improving and our economy is growing.Thanks for visiting TimPawlenty.com - my online campaign office. Please stop back frequently for more information on my work as governor and my vision for the future of our great state.

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Side-stepped Suit

http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/verichip-wisconsin-ba n.htmlLysander Spooner (January 19, 1808  May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, aboli...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:49:00 GMT

LAST AND FINAL JUDGEMENT

"leave all your army passwords the same." ~SFC jason brekke "he has a remarkable way of doing that.""drawing attention to that which haswronged Him, and inevitably creating a circumstance for yet anot...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:22:00 GMT

RUDY, RUDY, RUDY!!!!

From: 1543438569:53 PM 4/13/2007 Who will be the Republican presidential nominee for the 2008 election?  Sen. John McCain             &...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:55:00 GMT

Herod

I'm just trying to see which of you "get it." And the rest vacate to Aldeberon. In the armpit of the star, I was hoping One might make, Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson a page. In thinking of his intro line....
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:25:00 GMT

Day 2...

I don't know if some of the bands who are trying to be all philosophical are really "in tune." Some just seem lost. Maybe they think they'll fly off from Alcatrez. That's where I'm headed, anyways.
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:40:00 GMT

The Cabinet

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Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:51:00 GMT