 Rep. Mike Obermueller had an eventful first session. He wrote about his first day right here then worked hard for his district and the people of Minnesota.
"We had some good successes, but the negotiation stopped toward the end," Mike said. "I guess the Governor was gonna do what he wants to do. This is really going to impact everybody."
"I guess that only my way is a negotiating tactic," Mike continued. He did want to point out that it Pawlenty's tactic was a bit disingenuous.
"Pawlenty's staff was there the whole time while we were working and negotiating," he related. "They agreed to what we were doing. They never said that Pawlenty didn't like what we were doing."
"We cut $1.6 billion and cut more than we raised taxes," he said. "They never said that Pawlenty disagreed with our approach. They never came back with counterproposals."
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I began my interview with Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Mpls) by asking for his elevator ride assessment of the legislative session that just ended. Frank is by nature verbose, but he thought for a second and had this to say:
