Posted at 3:10 PM on February 27, 2008
by Tom Scheck
Gov. Pawlenty appeared on Governor Norquist's monthly radio show, "Leave Us Alone" this afternoon. You can listen to the broadcast here (click on Leave Us Alone with Grover Norquist). Norquist is the president of Americans for Tax Reform, a group that opposes tax increases of any kind. They talked about Pawlenty's veto of the transportation bill and the decision by the Legislature to override the veto.
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