{"id":7105,"date":"2012-02-13T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2012-02-13T00:01:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T08:01:10","slug":"cheers-for-gov-mark-dayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/cheers-for-gov-mark-dayton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheers for Gov. Mark Dayton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given that Republicans have taken over the legislatures of so many states in 2010, largely because so many people stayed home, we seldom have occasion to cheer for state officials.  However one state, Minnesota, retained a Democrat in the State House, and we owe Governor Mark Dayton major kudos!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"13ALEC_Prints\"<\/a>If there’s any lesson Democrats should have learned this time around, it’s the importance of turnout for gubernatorial races. Thank God we still have some Democratic governors to stand up<\/a><\/font> to the kind of crap ALEC has peddled around the rest of the country:<\/font><\/p>\n

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Mark Dayton Friday vetoed four lawsuit liability limit bills, after branding them "partisan political ploys" by the Republican majority in the state legislature.<\/font><\/p>\n

"The real impact would be to reduce the rights of law abiding citizens and businesses to seek justice from the wrongdoing of others," Gov. Dayton told reporters at the Capitol.<\/font><\/p>\n

The four pieces of legislation were designed to lower the exposure of businesses to legal actions by consumers, including shortening the statute of limitations, capping interest rates on some judgments and requiring legal fees to be proportionate to the actual amounts paid.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em><\/span>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s the video.<\/font><\/p>\n