Minn. Majority Leader learned early that construction requires firm touch ... - INFORUM
Nonetheless, Republican senators planned to propose an amendment calling for a two-year tuition freeze without additional funding, and Bakk wanted to find a way for DFLers to avoid voting against that appealing idea. Over a dinner before the vote, Chancellor Steven Rosenstone of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system told Bakk his schools could manage a one-year freeze under the Senate budget bill but not a two-year hold. With control of the House, Senate and governor’s office in 2013 and 2014, DFLers easily passed most of the big-ticket items on their agenda, including Dayton’s signature income tax increase on the highest-earning Minnesotans, all-day kindergarten,... While Bakk generally is credited with having sound political instincts, many political operatives have criticized him for leading the charge to build the $76 million Senate office building under construction across the street from the Capitol. Source: www.inforum.com
