Minnesota Report
We have queried repeatedly, what is the configuration of the MN House/Senate Conference Committee structure going to be and last week we finally received an answer. It will be 4/3. Now, we have as of yet to clarify if that will be as we expect two Republicans and two DFLers in the House because of the tie, and where were unclear, will it be three DFLers or two in the Senate? Now, honestly, it doesn’t really matter, because is either instance the majority will always be in the hands collectively of the DFL. Of course it is obvious to us, that Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy (DFL-64, St Paul) can put forward the requirement as she should, the only members of the Conference Committee must have voted for the bills in question.
With this knowledge, this sets the stage clearly for the legislature not finishing on time. The reason is the House will get rolled in every instance and the only thing they will be able to argue is they didn’t get their way. But strangely, this also works to the Republicans advantage, because they can continue their false narratives of blaming Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) and the past legislative trifecta for everything wrong in Minnesota.
The problem is, the Wolf is at the door and he has an orange pompadour and his name is Donald J Trump (R) and the looming federal cuts to the money from the federal government is coming and he is going to Huff and Puff and Blow the House Down, because Minnesota has no clear way to hold back the money our state sends to the federal government to prevent these cuts from effecting 1/3 of our state budget.
Now, we believe, Walz is dead on when he even as a former public school teacher has called for elimination of all state subsidizes for private school education, but he doesn’t go far enough. We believe he should also do so at the college level and eliminate any subsidizes from the State Scholarship and Grant program that provide grants or publicly supported loans to all Private College students.
One aspect of Walz’ move in the private school sector, is to calculate the impact state wide on the increase in public school students, unless every private school student joins a charter school.