[Speed Gibson,
Saturday May 21, 2005 at 1:10am]
Timothy Herbert Walker Pawlenty
This just in: Governor Tim Pawlenty has proposed a 75 cent per pack hike in the cigarette tax. Already suffering from some legitimate criticism that he has indeed raised taxes by way of raising various fees, Mr. "no new taxes" Pawlenty blinked.
In fact, he made a weak statement that his proposal was a "health maintenance fee" but with some of it going to education, that's B as in B, S as in S.
I will be most interested in what David Strom has to say tomorrow.
Maybe you were there, too, at the April 15th rally in the Capitol rotunda. Even though I had already decided not to vote for another Pawlenty term for a number of other reasons, I feel betrayed. To lose to a dishonest lightweight like State Senator Dean Johnson is especially disheartening.
In fact, he made a weak statement that his proposal was a "health maintenance fee" but with some of it going to education, that's B as in B, S as in S.
I will be most interested in what David Strom has to say tomorrow.
Maybe you were there, too, at the April 15th rally in the Capitol rotunda. Even though I had already decided not to vote for another Pawlenty term for a number of other reasons, I feel betrayed. To lose to a dishonest lightweight like State Senator Dean Johnson is especially disheartening.