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The [Monday] PapersThere was no Weekend Desk Report because I've been in Minneapolis since early Saturday morning for my dad's surprise 80th birthday party, and I'll be here through Thursday. I'll still be posting intermittently. So let's see what's in the news . . . Gubernatorial Culture Shock "Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders have repeatedly discussed a possible overtime session to resurrect a $1 billion public construction package and a $260 million tax relief bill, but pessimism about the session has been growing. If their effort to find a compromise and hold a special session fails, it won't be anything new." A special session after a budget has passed to do more? What state am I in? Governor Vs. Speaker "The two leaders emerged from their closed-door session complaining about each other's unwillingness to strike a deal and casting themselves as 'pessimistic' (that was Dayton) and 'disappointed' (that was Daudt)." Wait, which one is delusional and which one is the tinpot dictator? *Note for Chicagoans: "DFL" stands for Democratic Farmer Labor party, which is what Democrats are in Minnesota. After Watergate, state Republicans became the IR - the Independent Republicans. In 1995, they dropped the Independent part at the behest of the growing conservative movement. Party Like It's 2016 "This isn't unique to Minnesota, either. "'Quite a few state legislatures are even more polarized than the U.S. Congress right now,' said Seth Masket, a political science professor at Denver University who has studied state legislatures. 'In many states the Democratic agenda is so far different from the Republican agenda that there's a lot more ideological disparity between the parties than there's ever been.'" Chief Executive The state entered the spring budget session with a $900 million surplus, but you never hear Bruce Rauner mention Minnesota when he ticks off the states he thinks we should emulate. Rule My World "Yet now, two months after his death, it's attorneys and accountants who are running Prince's show. Prince would go crazy at the thought. "He looked at managers, lawyers and business people as necessary evils," said Alan Leeds, who worked closely with Prince from 1983 to 1992 as tour manager and head of Paisley Park Records. "I don't know that Prince trusted anybody." "On Monday, nearly two dozen attorneys are expected to weigh in at the Carver County courthouse over how to verify who qualifies as Prince's heirs under the Minnesota law. Those attorneys represent more than a dozen people who have filed claims to be Prince's kin, entitling them to some or all of his estate, which has been valued at $100 million to $300 million." - The Cub Factor: Hell Week The White Sox Report: Robin Lives The Luke Leaves - BeachBook Low-Priority Immigrants Still Swept Up In Obama's Net Of Deportation. * Channel 5 Editorial: ERA For Illinois (1976). - TweetWood
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* Nobody says "no comment" more than media folks.
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* Neither farmer, labor nor Democratic. More like, say, Independent Republicans.
- The Beachwood Tronc Line: They don't get it up north. Posted on June 27, 2016 |
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