{"id":1991,"date":"2008-04-08T12:26:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T12:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/04\/08\/minnesota-governor-pawlenty-sm\/"},"modified":"2008-04-08T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T12:26:54","slug":"minnesota-governor-pawlenty-sm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/08\/minnesota-governor-pawlenty-sm\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Smashes Hopes for Better Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Pawlenty has demonstrated, in many ways and on many occasions, that he is the worst governor the State of Minnesota has ever had. The most recent proof was his line item veto of funding for the Bell Museum of Natural History, and his line item veto of the funding necessary to further develop public transit in the Twin Cities. Neither surprises me. This is the governor who gave us a creationist education director, and this is the governor who let the bridge fall down. Education and transportation are not his bailiwicks. But one has to ask, if he can’t understand these two important issues (which habitually top various lists of what is important to the citizenry), when what is <\/em>he good at? (See below for one possible suggestion.)\"i-0458ced870d6b46dedb3d19abd566c74-bridge_photo_3.jpg\"Regarding the Bell funding:<\/p>\n

The university hoped to secure $24 million in state money for a new museum building to be built on the U of M’s St. Paul campus. The current Bell Museum is in Minneapolis.Museum Director Scott Lanyon says the governor’s action is disappointing.”The museum and its supporters have been very hopeful that the governor would get behind this project, since the museum really is about science and technology and math education. And we thought that would be something the governor would feel strongly about,” said Lanyon.[source<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regarding the transportation project:<\/p>\n

Slashing the Legislature’s recently passed bonding bill, Pawlenty cut more than $200 million in funding for projects across the state, including $70 million in state funding for the central corridor project, which was intended to link St. Paul and Minneapolis.Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, called the cutting of the light-rail project the “tragedy of the bill.””In my opinion, the governor single-handedly killed the central corridor,” she said.[source<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So, Governor Pawlenty, what you good for? <\/em>Huh….<\/param><\/param><\/object>EMAIL THE GOVERNOR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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