The bonding bill that contained money for a new arena for the city of Duluth, and expansion of the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud has been vetoed by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
The bill was for $334 million, while the Governor's proposal was only for $71 million, so there is a lot of distance to cover for the two sides to meet. The Governor could have used a line-item veto, but because he would have had to veto 3/4 of the bill anyway, he just chose to get rid of the whole thing, instead of forcing an override vote on every item he vetoed.
The bigger loser here is probably St. Cloud. I doubt this bill will get passed without money for the new DECC in there. The $10 million for St. Cloud would have been very nice, but I don't see it as being all that essential. It will probably be cut by the time this bill gets passed.
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"The bigger loser here is probably St. Cloud."
That's pretty much true in general, though...
*ducks and covers*
Any money that is going towards a university won't make it through Timmy's hands....He's been cutting for years when it comes to college campuses across the state.
Your wrong. He is a big supporter of the UMD portion and wanted it in the bill last year. However with the election on the Dems decided to play polotics with the bill and put poison pills in it that nearly cost him the election.
UMD will get their money. St. Cloud is about 50 -50
UMD needs the money, that place is the biggest hole on hockey
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