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Governor's latest offer

Posted at 1:04 AM on May 17, 2009 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

Here's the latest offer from Gov. Pawlenty:

Governor's Offer

Sunday, May 17, 12:30 a.m.

Close as much of the remaining $2.7B gap (after line item vetoes) as possible through mutually agreed upon items with the goal of making as much progress as possible and limiting the size of potential unallotments.

Categories of agreement could include:
- House DFL K-12 shift level ($1.775 billion)
-LGA, related items, $14 million in tax compliance and other agreed upon
items
- Mutually agreed upon higher education reductions
- Additional spending reductions in signed budget bills
Several of these proposals were reflected in your 9:30 p.m. Saturday offer that is still being discussed in the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy at this time.


Comments (2)

Such a generous offer from the governor! Scrooge would be proud!

Posted by John | May 17, 2009 1:38 PM


Notice the lack of specificity in this proposal. Looks to me as if the governor wants to go it alone.

Posted by linda | May 17, 2009 5:14 PM


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