{"id":2146,"date":"2008-02-19T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2011-09-01T08:02:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:02:51","slug":"undercutting-the-governor-and-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2146","title":{"rendered":"Undercutting the Governor and Conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Aplikowski gets the scoop of the week<\/a>, over at RezFor and True North.<\/p>\n

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The DFL plying Republicans to try to get them to override another gubernatorial tax-bill veto:<\/p>\n

I followed a tip this evening down to Monte Carlo<\/a> in downtown Minneapolis. I was told that Republican Reps. Bud Heidgerken (R) 13A<\/a> & Dean Urdahl<\/a> (R) 18B had dinner date with Democrat Speaker of the House Margaret Kelliher. I had earlier hinted at some detective work for the evening over at True North<\/a> and lo and behold, my source was correct. There was a 3rd man who was there who I think I recognized as a possible legislator, but I am not sure, it could have been an aide, although he arrived between Urdahl & Heidgerken and when Kelliher got there.<\/p>\n

Dinner at 7:30PM ….. well truth be told, Kelliher was a little behind time and arrived at 7:44, the boys were early.<\/p>\n

Monte Carlo is a rather fancy establishment and the meeting was in one of the private rooms in the rear of the restaurant out of sight. My girlfriend came along on the outing. We had a meal and desert. Our tab with tip was just over $100 with 2 drinks per. No doubt the combined per diems for Bud, Dean, and Maggie were more than enough to cover their cost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No word on whether Andy’s girlfriend paid the tab – although with this kind of scoop, hell, I’d <\/em>have paid for ’em both.<\/p>\n

I digress. Andy continues:<\/p>\n

While we were waiting for them to arrive, I got an email from someone at the Capitol.<\/p>\n

Andy –<\/p>\n

Not sure who gave you your info, but here is some more accurate people to list on who is thinking of overriding the Governor.<\/p>\n

1) Remove Abeler. He isn’t doing it. You can call his office and find out.
\n2) Add the following people to your list. Again, if you call\/email any of them and ask, I believe each refuses to sign the veto pledge.
\n– Neil Peterson
\n– Pat Garafalo
\n– Larry Howes
\n– Mike Beard
\n– Dennis Ozment C
\nall \/email anyone of them and they should confirm this unless they’ve changed their mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can do one better on calling and asking if they have signed it, and let my readers know that as of 5 PM only 5 of the 49 Republicans have signed the Veto Protection Pledge<\/strong> and there was reported (to me) to be no Caucus pressure to do so. Also in regards to Abler, the person close to him I spoke with earlier was unable to confirm if they would support the override if the Metro Wide sales tax was removed, which was his main sticking point of initial support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All kidding aside, great work, Andy.<\/p>\n

And if you are a conservative in a district represented by a Republican, you need <\/em>to get on the phone today<\/em> and light a fire under their butts. Call, Twist arms. Put the pressure on.<\/p>\n

For all the lumps Governor Pawlenty takes from conservatives for one stance or another (mostly wrongly, I think), in this case he’s doing what we conservatives demanded of him six years ago.<\/p>\n

It’s time for actual conservatives to step up and cover his back with the legislature as best we can. Call. Email. Hell, storm into their offices in a fury, for all I care – but get the word across.<\/p>\n

And as to you, in the GOP caucus? Get with the program! If you want to become a third party in this state, just keep on betraying conservative principle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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