The Dayton Dustbowl: The Cheap Copy
By Mitch Berg
Yesterday, after asking the House to hold off on holding hearings on HF1 (Rep. Dan Fabian’s bill to reform state permitting), Governor Dayton released an executive order that will do the same thing.
Well, that’s what the DFL and media (pardon the redundancy) will want you to think.
Dayton’s order will do a bunch of the streamlining that HF1 would do…
…with one absolutely key exception. Via Gary Gross at LFR, House Majority Leader Matt Dean said in a statement:
“Today’s executive order is concerning. Just a week ago, Governor Dayton was asking us to slow down and allow more time for public hearings and input.
In other words, the MNGOP reached across the aisle. They gave a little procedural ground, and worked with the Governor.
And that’s always a mistake.
The Minnesota House has held two public hearings on HF1 and are planning a third hearing on this important legislation. We are concerned that Governor Dayton selected components of HF1 for his Executive Order, watered down some provisions and ignored key areas of reform.
We find his actions today to be counterproductive to the legislative process and his stated commitment to work together on these common ground issues. House Republicans will continue with our previously-announced public process for HF1 and other initiatives designed to make Minnesota’s business climate competitive. We hope Governor Dayton will join us in that endeavor.”
So compare HF1 and the statement. What’s missing?
Any reference to reforming litigation.
It’s the litigation that not only kills projects, but blows up the price of private-sector and state projects.
Now – given that Governor Dayton has stacked his administrative appointments with people whose entire public resume involves litigating development to death, what do you suppose his “executive order” is going to be worth?
Oh, yeah – and “executive orders” exist, and are enforced, at the pleasure of the governor. What the governor orders with a swipe of his pen, he can un-order the same way.
The GOP needs to continue and pass HF1, and tell the Governor “thanks, but no thanks; we’ll stick with the brand name”.
January 25th, 2011 at 7:51 am
“Governor Dayton has stacked his administrative appointments with people whose entire public resume involves litigating development to death”
Don’t forget the social justice people (http://isaiah-mn.org/) as well.
January 25th, 2011 at 7:56 am
“compare HF1 and the statement”
Do you want these reforms to be static and reliable MN law that businesses can depend on and plan around, or an “off the cuff” writ entirely subject to the whims of our current Governor?
January 25th, 2011 at 8:41 am
We can’t reform litigation. Were would the DFL get is’s campaign contributions?
January 25th, 2011 at 8:57 am
“Governor Dayton has stacked his administrative appointments with people whose entire public resume involves litigating development to death”
Litigate, that is, until the business is near death. Then, you subsidize!
January 25th, 2011 at 10:40 am
My state’s governor (Abercrombie) gave his state-of-the-state adress last night.
Our biennial budget deficit is $844 million. Abercrombie, a liberal democrat, proposes to patch the hole by increasing or imposing regressive sales taxes and eliminating middle-class tax breaks. Typical.
January 25th, 2011 at 10:41 am
[…] verifies what Mitch wrote this morning: Yesterday, after asking the House to hold off on holding hearings on HF1 (Rep. Dan […]
January 25th, 2011 at 10:47 am
Remember, the mantra of liberat demonrats is for everyone to be poor and subservient to the ruling liberat demonrat class.
January 25th, 2011 at 10:52 am
I should mention that the cuts in services and tax increases Abercrombie is proposing are necessary to return the state to a 2006 spending level.
2006 was a boom year.
The impoverishment of the people has truly become the health of the state.
January 25th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
On another note, I saw Michelle Bachmann’s criticism of Dayton this morning and the drunken moron’s response and I am convinced more than ever that the man is about 6 fries short of a happy meal!
January 25th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Sorry, forgot to point out WDFLer Pat Left Nut Kessler’s “Reality Check”. One would think that he would know better than to keep repeating the standard obambacare memes. By doing so, he shows that he hasn’t read the bill, either!
January 25th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Now Boss, Kessler wouldn’t want DFL Don to come out of retirement and spank him. I think.