{"id":31439,"date":"2012-10-30T05:15:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T10:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=31439"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:31:58","slug":"media-lip-prints-on-mark-daytons-butt-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=31439","title":{"rendered":"Media Lip-Prints On Mark Dayton’s Butt, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seventeen months ago yesterday, in the midst of\u00a0negotiations\u00a0<\/em>about the budget, the GOP-led Legislature sent Governor Dayton a proposed budget. \u00a0It offered some concessions on revenue, and asked for some ground on social issues.<\/p>\n

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First thing the next morning, June 30 – 17 months ago today – the DFL came out with a counter-offer.<\/p>\n

Labeled the “Dayton-Bakk-Thissen Compromise Budget Proposal”, it demanded $1.4 billion in new revenues. \u00a0It was a further negotiation, just like the Legislature’s letter the day before.<\/p>\n

And – this is important – it had all three DFL leaders on board. \u00a0Governor Dayton, Senate minority leader Bakk and House minority leader Thissen all signed off on this proposal.<\/p>\n

We’ll refer to this as “The Morning Letter” from now on.<\/p>\n

And as the government coursed toward the midnight shutdown, that apparently was where things stayed.<\/p>\n

The rest of this article uses this Scribd file<\/a>, originally from Dayton’s chief of staff Bob Hume, as its source.<\/p>\n

All Offers<\/a>