I recently posted that we need to stay focused on reforming Minnesota's State government structure. You know the reasons why, some of which clearly illustrated by the Governor's recent partial shutdown. The pain he anticipated was not felt. Instead, we saw a permit-happy bureaucracy. We saw inconsistent rulings by the Court trying to decide just what are essential services beyond the obvious. And when the Governor realized he couldn't keep his idled public union supporters in line, he quickly conceded, lest the voters learn even more how their government really works.
I got my wish the next day, when Minnesota Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers announced a new GOP initiative called Reform 2.0. Quoting the linked Facebook page:
The state budget cannot grow faster than the economy that funds it. We will never reduce or control government spending unless we change how government operates.
Reform 2.0 builds on the foundation of the 2011 reforms signed into law. The campaign will result in a 2012 legislative agenda that furthers the Legislature’s ability to align spending to available revenue and reduce the burden on taxpayers.
They want our input. Mine I'll be posting here the next couple of weeks, cataloged here.
- Thu 8/18: Prologue
- Fri 8/19: Consolidate the Counties
- Tue 8/23: Unincorporate the Corpses
- Tue 8/23: Size Up the Suburbs
- Wed 8/24: Clean Up the Pollution Control Agency
- Thu 8/25: Dead End the Department of Education
- Tue 8/30: Carve Up the Met Council
- Wed 8/31: Pass on MnSCU Failure
- Wed 8/31: And Your Little Gopher, Too!
- Sun 9/4: Break the Board of Education
- Tue 9/6: Epilog
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