2014: Two names that GOPers are mentioning as potential US Senate candidates for 2014 include Baltimore Ravens center and MN native Matt Birk and business guy Scott Honour.
HONOUR: via Bloomberg, Honour’s profile, “Mr. Scott M. Honour was a Senior Managing Director at The Gores Group LLC untl October 29, 2012. Mr. Honour was a part of Mergers and Acquisitions team at The Gores Group LLC. Mr. Honour was responsible for originating and structuring transactions. Prior to joining Gores Capital Partners in 2002, he led a career as an Investment Banker with a focus on creating, structuring, financing, and executing financial sponsor-led transactions….He served as a Director at Dial Global, Inc. He served as Non Executive Director of RealDolmen SA. from 2005 to March 17, 2010. Mr. Honour holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an emphasis in Finance and Marketing, a B.S. in Business Administration, and a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Pepperdine University.
2013: Last week, Minneapolis city councilmember Betsy Hodges filed for Mayor. Hodges says she’ll run only if Mayor RT Rybak doesn’t run for re-election. Other names for mayor include councilmember Gary Schiff, and fmr. Council president Jackie Cherryhomes.
FORECAST: via AP’s Brian Bakst, VERBATIM: “Deliberations over a long-term debt fix in Washington are casting an enormous cloud of doubt over the economic forecast in Minnesota, which in turn complicates Gov. Mark Dayton's task of assembling a two-year budget proposal…A fresh analysis of the state budget outlook is due Wednesday, but Minnesota finance officials acknowledge their economic forecast will have a shorter shelf life than usual because the federal outcome of fiscal cliff negotiations will determine whether things here are likely to improve or deteriorate. At last check, another state deficit loomed but it was modest by recent standards.” READ: http://bit.ly/WDDqsr
TAXES: via Baird Helgeson of the Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “After years of careening from one budget crisis to the next, the alarm bells are sounding everywhere: Minnesota's corporate income tax rate is among the highest in the nation, yet many businesses don't pay it. The sales tax rate is the highest in the region, but includes the least amount of goods and services. Legal fees, food, clothing, architectural plans, baby bottles and feminine hygiene products all are exempt. And over time, the state has carved out obscure tax breaks for an array of powerful industries, including mining companies, hospitals and even ski hills…Minnesota collects $16 billion in taxes every two years. But in that same period, another $11 billion goes out the door in tax breaks. Legislators even exempted their own stipends from taxation… Dayton has declined to share details of his proposal, but recent statements show he has drawn a bead on providing property tax relief. Years of deficits and reductions in aid to cities and counties has socked taxpayers in the form of double-digit property tax hikes and reductions in services.” READ: http://bit.ly/VqleXX
TAXES2: via Jessica Medor at MPR, VERBATIM: “ A task force appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton is calling for increases in the gas tax and tab fees to help the state pay for transportation…MnDOT Friday released a summary of the proposal, which aims to guide the debate over roads and transit funding when the legislature resumes its work next month…Dayton created the 19-member Transportation Finance Advisory Committee last year, tapping representatives from government, business and labor to find ways to fund and improve the state's transportation system over the next two decades.” MPR: http://bit.ly/QBxJ0b REPORT: http://bit.ly/R0Hzdw
MARRIAGE: via Doug Belden of the Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Minnesotans just defeated an attempt to prohibit gay marriage in their constitution, but does that mean they'd support changing state law to allow gays and lesbians to marry? And if so, is now the time?..Those were among the questions being debated at a daylong conference Saturday, Dec. 1, in Minneapolis. The event, organized by OutFront Minnesota, drew several hundred activists to a downtown hotel to talk about where to direct their energies next…Marriage was not the only issue on the table -- sessions also focused on health care, safe schools and other issues -- but the potential for legalizing gay marriage was drawing lots of interest given the recent election result.” READ: http://bit.ly/YGYfJ2
TODAY: Governor Dayton will travel to Beverly Hills, California to attend events at the Democratic Governors Association Annual Meeting at the Beverly Wilshire, in Beverly Hills, California. Later in the evening, Governor Dayton will travel to Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, Governor Mark Dayton will attend the National Governors Association Executive Committee Meeting to discuss the fiscal cliff, and its impact on states and potential solutions, with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. A media availability at the White House will follow the meeting. Governor Dayton, along with other members of the NGA Executive Committee, will hold a press conference call in the afternoon. Governor Dayton will return to Minnesota on Tuesday afternoon.
TODAY: At 11 AM, The Minneapolis City Council’s Elections Committee will hear a report from City Clerk Casey Carl and Elections Director Grace Wachlarowicz on successes and challenges the city experienced on Election Day, as well as recommendations for possible improvements that could be made for future elections.
YESTERDAY: On ABC News This Week, Rep. Keith Ellison on the fiscal cliff and Susan Rice as a nominee for Secy. of State. WATCH: http://abcn.ws/TEp1M8
GOODREAD: via the New Republic, an analysis of polling mistakes from the Romney campaign includes Minnesota. READ: http://on.tnr.com/UBvE4L
BELLS: Married this past Saturday were DEED Commissioner Katie Clark and RBC Wealth advisor David Sieben.
BIRTHDAYS: marketer Camila Kuntz, Fox 9’s Dawn Mitchell, Pioneer Press’s Amy Nelson, and Punch Pizza’s John Puckett
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