Ad time! Chamber targets Walz, Alliance rips Pawlenty
Posted at 3:17 PM on April 17, 2009
by Tom Scheck
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce started running a radio ad that targets DFL Rep. Tim Walz over the Employee Free Choice Act. The U.S. Chamber and local chambers have been ramped up their opposition to the union backed bill before last year's election. It appears that they are now increasing the lobbying again. You can listen to the ad (which ran during the governor's radio show) here:
Meanwhile, the Alliance for a Better Minnesota ran another round of ads criticizing Gov. Pawlenty's budget plan. You can listen to that ad (which also ran on Pawlenty's weekly show) here:
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