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October 10, 2010

Reporter Heather J. Carlson covers the state political scene, all with a Rochester perspective

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On October 7, this article was posted to Heather Carlson’s political blog at the Post-Bulletin. Its state as of 9:13 am on October 21 is shown here because the P-B does not keep content on its web site forever. If it is still available there, it will be found here.
Nelson responds to DFL attack ad

Republican Senate District 30 candidate Carla Nelson is firing back in the wake of a Minnesota DFL-sponsored direct ad that accuses her of cutting education funding. I wrote about the DFL ad yesterday.

In an e-mail, Nelson said that she believes the ad is misleading. The ad accuses her of voting in favor of cutting $185 million in education spending. Nelson argues that what she voted for was not really a cut because it was simply less than the higher amount the DFL wanted to spend on education. She adds that this came at a time when the state was facing a $4.2 billion budget deficit. Nelson said she approached her vote with two goals: protecting education and not raising taxes.

She writes: “It was a tough time for the state, and no one is claiming education received new funds. But education has been protected from cuts (although not freezes). And it has received new funds when economic times are good. Balancing the budget in 2003 without killing the economy through new taxes and without cuts to education was an accomplishment considering that K-12 education is about 40 percent of the state budget. It is also reasonable to expect our schools to deal with pay freezes, etc. just as Minnesota residents and taxpayers must do when the overall economy is struggling.”

The argument over what exactly is a “cut” is a frequent one at the state Capitol. I did find this budget document from the Minnesota House’s Fiscal Analysis Department which does show on page 6 that the FY 2004-2005 budget approved was less than the anticipated budget increase. Click here to Download 2003 budget summary

A Post-Bulletin story from May 23, 2003 reports that lawmakers approved a 2 percent cut to the expected amount of spending for education from 2004 to 2005.

Nelson also goes after her opponent DFL Sen. Ann Lynch saying she supported a $1 billion cut to education in 2009 and that that cut was projected to cost the Rochester School District nearly $19 million over two years. It should be noted that bill did not pass.

One things for sure — voters can expect plenty of fierce campaigning in the days to come as this race clearly has become a priority for Republicans and Democrats.

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CommentsI recently got a postcard from Senator Lynch bragging that Minnesota balanced the budget through spending cuts alone, without any tax increases. However, if I am not mistaken, Senator Lynch endorsed Senator Tom Bakk for governor earlier this earlier. If I recall correctly, Minnesota Public Radio repeatedly described Senator Bakk’s budget balancing plan as “raise taxes on every Minnesotan”. Has anyone asked Senator Lynch whether she supports Senator Bakk’s tax hike proposal?

Posted by: AKB | October 07, 2010 at 12:13 PM

It takes political courage to cast a vote to do the right thing when it may cause hardship back home and be used to malign. Political courage and financial responsibility in the same person is a rare find. Carla Nelson has both and we need her and more like her in St. Paul and Washington.

Posted by: Disnerd | October 08, 2010 at 06:50 AM

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