Aug 31, 1996
As we embark on our third foray of Check & Balances I am struck by how political issues have a life of their own and frequently come full circle. The focus of this installment is on the property tax system. In Lead By Example, Duane Benson, Executive Director of...
Aug 31, 1996
Duane Benson is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Business Partnership, a public policy group that represents Minnesota’s largest companies. He was a state senator for 14 years–six of those as Senate Minority Leader. While in the State Senate, Benson...
Aug 1, 1996
Representative Myron Orfield (DFL 60B) is an attorney and a law professor. Rep. Orfield serves on the Environment & Natural Resources, Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs, and the Property Tax & Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Division committees. Myron...
Aug 1, 1996
Dan Salomone joined the MN Taxpayers Association as their executive director in April of 1991. Prior to joining the MN Taxpayer’s Association, Dan served as a nonpartisan research director for the MN Department of Revenue and the MN Senate. During his tenure at...
Aug 1, 1996
Mr. John Earl Haynes was Governor Wendell Anderson’s Staff Assistant for Tax and School Finance Policy in 1971. He is currently a historian with the Library of Congress. The Minnesota Miracle Of 1971 Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it...
Aug 1, 1996
State Representative Ann H. Rest chairs the Committee on Taxes in the Minnesota House. She is a member of the following committees: Rules and Legislative Administration, Ways and Means, and Select Committee on Technology. She chairs the Joint Legislative Audit...
Jan 29, 1996
The second issue of Checks & Balances focuses on the Minnesota State Legislature, the importance of rational voices, and Minnesota perspectives raised nationwide. In Thinker’s Corner Gustavus Adolphus Professor Christopher Gilbert discusses the role of...
Jan 4, 1996
Ms. Barnes Goes To Texas I had the pleasure and honor of being one of the Austin 600. The Austin 600, or as the delegates called it, the National Issues Convention (NIC), was a social science experiment held in Austin, Texas, from January 18-21, 1996. Sponsored by...
Jan 4, 1996
Christopher P. Gilbert is an assistant professor of political science at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter. He is the author of The Impact of Churches on Political Behavior, and a frequent political commentator for Minnesota Public Radio and KTCA-TV. Where Have All...
Dec 8, 1995
The highlights of the premier issue of Checks & Balances feature a thoughtful article by former Congressman Tim Penny (D-MN) with a call for leadership that addresses many of our long-term concerns as a nation; we call this Lead By Example. This is followed by an...
