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LegislativeScorecard 20122012 Best Friends of the Taxpayer

The legislators pictured below committed to vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes by signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. They also received a score of 100% on our 2012 Legislative Scorecard. They deserve special recognition for their efforts to balance the state budget without a tax increase.

RepresentativeBruce AndersonBruce AndersonR-Buffalo Twp.

(19A)12 th Award

RepresentativeMike BensonMike BensonR- Rochester

(30B)1st Award

RepresentativeKurt DaudtKurt DaudtR- Crown

(17A)1st Award

RepresentativeBob DeBob Dettmerttmer

R- Forest Lake(52A)

1st Award

RepresentativeSteve DrazkowskiSteve Drazkowski

R- Mazeppa(28B)

3rd Award

RepresentativeSondra EricksonSondra Erickson

R- Princeton(16A)

1st Award

SenatorChris GerlachChris GerlachR- Apple Valley

(37)3rd Award

RepresentativeGlenn GruenhagenGlenn Gruenhagen

R- Glencoe(25A)

1st Award

SenatorDavid HannDavid Hann

R-Eden Prairie(42)

3rd Award

RepresentativeAndrea KiefferAndrea KiefferR- Woodbury

(56B)1st Award

RepresentativeMary KiffmeyerMary Kiffmeyer

R- Big Lake(16B)

1st Award

RepresentativeBranden PetersenBranden Petersen

R- Andover(49B)

1st Award

RepresentativeDuane QuamDuane Quam

R-Byron(29A)

2nd Award

RepresentativeLinda RunbeckLinda RunbeckR-Circle Pines

(53A)4th Award

RepresentativePeggy ScottPeggy ScottR- Andover

(49A)1st Award

RepresentativeDoug WardlowDoug Wardlow

R- Eagan(38B)

1st Award

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2012 Session Summary2012 Session Summary2012 Session Summary

Governor Dayton Blocks Government Reforms n his first 18 months inoffice Gov. Dayton hasused the veto pen at arecord pace.

He has vetoed 54 bills in twoyears, which is more vetoesthan Republican Gov. TimPawlenty did in his entire firstterm.

Gov. Daytons 2012 vetoeswere a thinly veiled effort toplay politics; vetoing not onlyproposals that would haveoffered much needed propertytax relief, but also numerousgovernment reforms. Daytoneven vetoed a bill that would

have started to return a por-tion of the $2.4 billion indelayed payments to schooldistricts.

Fortunately legislators wereable to fight off his sales taxincrease, but Dayton succeededin pushing a taxpayer fundedVikings stadium that will costtaxpayers more than $1.2 bil-lion. He also pushed forincreasing the states debt by$550 million, bringing ourtotal state debt including previ-ous bonding commitments towell over $5 billion.

With a projected billion dol-

lar budget shortfall in the nextbiennium, Gov. Dayton hassucceeded in creating a spend-ing crisis. To date, he hasshown little concern for howthe state will meet its spendingobligations in the future.There is little doubt that bythe time the legislature con-venes next January he will becalling for a massive taxincrease.

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n January lawmakersfrom both parties andDemocrat GovernorMark Dayton started

the 2012 legislative session withthe same commitment to jobcreation, but with very differentplans on how to achieve thatgoal. This tug of war lastedthroughout the entire session.

The February budget forecastrevealed an unexpected $1.2billion budget surplus for thecurrent biennium. The first useof the additional revenue wentto restore the states budgetreserve. Republicans focused

on creating jobs by enacting apackage of governmentstreamlining initiatives aimedat reducing complex businessregulations and providingmuch needed business proper-ty tax relief.

Early April lawmakerspassed a bill to reduce the $2.4billion in delayed school aidpayments by $430 million.Gov. Dayton let politics get inthe way of policy and vetoedthe bill that would have madegood on the states promise toschools.

With the session deadline insite, lawmakers passed andsent to Gov. Dayton their firstomnibus tax bill. Within 24hours, Dayton vetoed the billwhich would have providedover $70 million in tax relief.

In an attempt to compromisewith Gov. Dayton, one weeklater lawmakers sent a secondtax relief proposal to theGovernor. This scaled back

version of their first bill wouldhave again provided propertytax relief for all commercialand industrial property with alevy freeze.

While their second tax billawaited approval from thegovernor, the legislature passeda bonding bill bigger thaneither proposal from theHouse or the Senate. The morethan $500 million dollar bond-ing bill was a session win forDemocrats and was quicklysigned by Gov. Dayton.

With session days waningand the media hyping a lack ofachievement, the Vikings stadi-um rhetoric began to ramp up.Vikings lobbyists increased thepressure on lawmakers to giveinto Daytons demand foraction on a proposed billiondollar taxpayer funded stadi-um. The tactic worked andRepublican leadership capitu-lated and agreed to give thestadium bill another hearing.With this decision, the billion

dollar stadium deal, that hadpreviously fizzled, gainedunstoppable momentum.

On the final day availablefor voting, the stadium dealthat was created behind closeddoors between Vikings ownerZygi Wilf and waywardRepublicans, cleared its finalhurdle. The bill was signedinto law by Governor Daytonat a pep rally style press con-ference four days later.

With no legislative daysremaining, lawmakersadjourned and Gov. Daytoneliminated any form of proper-ty tax relief with a pocket vetoof the second tax bill.

In the end Republican leader-ship was unsuccessful at lever-aging any of their conservativeagenda. Instead they capitulat-ed to Gov. Daytons demandsfor more debt and taxpayerfunding of a billion dollarsports palace.

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I'm not dropping that, Dayton said of his proposal to raisetaxes on millionaires. We will come in with it as the lead into the 2013 session, regardless of the outcome of the election.Star Tribune, December 7th 2011

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2012 VOTE DESCRIPTIONSSTATE SENATE

LEGEND: += pro-taxpayer vote = anti-taxpayer vote *= did not vote

Dist/Party Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6 DFL Bakk, Thomas M. - - - - - - - 0 1749 R Benson, Michelle R. + + + + + + - 86 8543 DFL Bonoff, Terri E. + + + - - - - 43 2516 R Brown, David M. - + + + + + - 71 754 R Carlson, John + + + - - - - 43 6553 R Chamberlain, Roger C. + + * + + + - 71 8064 DFL Cohen, Richard J. - - - - - - - 0 1021 R Dahms, Gary H. + + + + + - - 71 7538 R Daley, Theodore J. "Ted" + + + + + + - 86 8525 R DeKruif, Al * + + + + + - 71 8060 DFL Dibble, D. Scott - - - + + + - 43 1159 DFL Dziedzic, Kari - - - + + - - 29 2946 DFL Eaton, Chris A. - - - + + - - 29 2914 R Fischbach, Michelle L. + + + - - - - 43 7112 R Gazelka, Paul E. + + + + + + - 86 8537 R Gerlach, Chris + + + + + + + 100 8713 R Gimse, Joe + + + - - - - 43 5750 DFL Goodwin, Barb - - - - - - - 0 540 R Hall, Dan D. + + + + + + - 86 8042 R Hann, David W. + + + + + + + 100 9167 DFL Harrington, John M. - - - - - - - 0 1061 DFL Hayden, Jeff - - - + + - - 29 2958 DFL Higgins, Linda - - - - - - - 0 710 R Hoffman, Gretchen M. + + + + + + - 86 9028 R Howe, John + + + - + - - 57 7011 R Ingebrigtsen, Bill + + + - - - - 43 6848 R Jungbauer, Michael J. + + + - - - - 43 7663 DFL Kelash, Kenneth S. - - - - - - - 0 019 R Koch, Amy T. + + * - - + - 43 8120 DFL Koenen, Lyle * - - - - - - 0 047 R Kruse, Benjamin A. + + + + + - - 71 759 DFL Langseth, Keith * - - - - - * 0 1344 DFL Latz, Ron - - - - - + - 14 1556 R Lillie, Ted H. * + + + + + - 71 8032 R Limmer, Warren + + + + + + + 100 918 DFL Lourey, Tony - - + + + - - 43 922 R Magnus, Doug + + + - - - - 43 6554 DFL Marty, John - - - + + - - 29 1866 DFL McGuire, Mary Jo - - - + + - - 29 1539 DFL Metzen, James P. - + + - - - - 29 1341 R Michel, Geoff + + + - - - - 43 7631 R Miller, Jeremy R. + + + - - - - 43 6530 R Nelson, Carla J. + + + - - - - 43 6518 R Newman, Scott J. + + + + + + - 86 8017 R Nienow, Sean R. + + + - + + - 71 8033 R Olson, Gen + + + * - - - 43 7434 R Ortman, Julianne E. + + + + + + - 86 8865 DFL Pappas, Sandra L. - - - - * - - 0 626 R Parry, Mike + + + + + + - 86 8115 R Pederson, John C. + + + - - - - 43 657 DFL Reinert, Roger J. - * - - - + * 14 1545 DFL Rest, Ann H. - + + - - - - 29 2635 R Robling, Claire A. + + + - - - - 43 7524 R Rosen, Julie A. + + + - - - - 43 593 DFL Saxhaug, Tom - - - - - - - 0 1029 R Senjem, David H. + + + - - - - 43 6823 DFL Sheran, Kathy - - - - - - - 0 757 DFL Sieben, Katie - - - - - - - 0 112 DFL Skoe, Rod - - - - - - - 0 1927 DFL Sparks, Dan - - - - - - - 0 161 DFL Stumpf, LeRoy A. - - + - - - - 14 1536 R Thompson, Dave + + + + + + + 100 955 DFL Tomassoni, David J. - - - - - - - 0 1462 DFL Torres Ray, Patricia - - - + + - - 29 652 R Vandeveer, Ray + + + + + + - 86 8655 DFL Wiger, Charles W. - + + - - - - 9 2151 R Wolf, Pam + + + + + - - 71 75

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1) ITS ELEMENTARY: PAY BACK WHAT YOU BORROWYou dont have to be an A student to know that debt reduction saves interest costsand is fiscally responsible for long-term financial health. Keeping cash in the state'saccount while our schools are forced to borrow money from banks does not makesense. A vote to repay the K-12 school aid shift was a vote to make timely payments toour schools. The taxpayer friendly vote was to support this bill. (HF2083 / SF2492)Governor Vetoed

2) TAX RELIEF = JOB CREATION The first omnibus tax bill reduced the tax burden shouldered by business owners;enabling them to reinvest in their businesses and thereby create more jobs. This legis-lation contained several tax credits and had a phase out of the state property tax paidby businesses. It also provided targeted property tax relief for homeowners. The tax-payer friendly vote was to support this bill that would have provided $72 million in taxrelief. (HF2337 / SF1972) Governor Vetoed

3) SECOND CHANCE FOR TAX RELIEF Following Gov. Daytons veto of the first omnibus tax bill, lawmakers continued to fightfor tax reform and quickly passed a second scaled back tax bill. The second bill provid-ed $46 million in tax relief over the next two years and froze the state tax property taxlevy for businesses. It also gave a tax credit for hiring veterans. A vote in favor of thisbill was the taxpayer friendly vote. (HF247 / SF872) Governor Pocket Vetoed

4A) SENATE STADIUM SWINDLE The Vikings stadium bill that passed the Senate not only put Minnesota taxpayers onthe hook for $523 million from the States general fund to finance a billion dollar pri-vate enterprise, but it also committed taxpayers to give the City of St. Paul $2.7 milliona year for the next 20 years. It included a tax increase on charitable gaming and a taxfor online purchases to pay for a billion dollar sports palace. The taxpayer friendly votewas to sack the billionaire and oppose this bill. (SF2391)

4B) HOUSE BILLIONAIRE BAILOUT Although the Vikings stadium bill that originally passed the House was slightly betterthan the Senates, with a larger contribution from the Vikings, it was still a bad deal fortaxpayers. The bill was just a taxpayer funded bailout for Vikings owner Zygi Wilf. It putMinnesota taxpayers on the hook for $443 million from the States general fund. Thebest thing for taxpayers was to vote No on the Billionaire Bailout. (HF1485)

5) A BILLION DOLLAR SPORTS PALACE FOR THE BILLIONAIRE The final Vikings stadium bill that was passed and signed into law was the worst ofboth stadium proposals. It will be the largest public works project in Minnesota historyand unlike other public works projects, this one is shrouded in secrecy keeping thepublic from knowing the Vikings true financial worth. It will cost Minnesota taxpayersan estimated total of $1.2 billion from the general fund. The taxpayer friendly vote wasto oppose taxpayer funding of a private enterprise. (HF2958 / SF2469)

6) HALF A BILLION DOLLARS MORE DEBT Construction has yet to start on many of the projects included in last years $531 mil-lion bonding bill, but that didnt stop lawmakers from passing a second bonding billfor the biennium adding another $566 million of debt to the taxpayer credit card. Thetaxpayer friendly vote was to show fiscal restraint and oppose adding to the Stateslong term debt. (HF1752 / SF1463)

7) OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT FUND FAILS TAXPAYERSSpecial interest spending wasnt limited to sports this session, a Legacy Bill, whichcontains nearly $100 million worth of taxpayer funded projects, was passed and signedinto law as well. The Arts and Entertainment bill gives $600,000 to the MinnesotaFilm and TV Board to subsidize film production in Minnesota as well as millions of dol-lars to other unnecessary projects. There are more responsible ways to spend themoney within the guidelines of this constitutionally dedicated tax. The taxpayer friendlyvote was to vote no. (HF2430 / SF2493)

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESR A T I N G

Party Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

R Kriesel, John + + + - - - - 43 65DFL Laine, Carolyn - - - + + - + 43 4R Lanning, Morrie + + + - - - - 43 60R Leidiger, Ernie + + + + + + + 100 90R LeMieur, Mike + + + - - - - 43 65DFL Lenczewski, Ann - - - + + - + 43 37DFL Lesch, John - - - - - - + 14 13DFL Liebling, Tina - - - + + - - 29 18DFL Lillie, Leon - - - - - - - 0 7DFL Loeffler, Diane - - - + + - + 43 11R Lohmer, Kathy + + + + + - + 86 90R Loon, Jenifer + + + + + + - 86 76R Mack, Tara + + + + + + + 100 74DFL Mahoney, Tim - - - - - - + 14 13DFL Mariani, Carlos - - - - - - + 14 8DFL Marquart, Paul - - - - - - - 0 25R Mazorol, Pat + + + + + - - 71 75R McDonald, Joe + + + + + * + 86 80R McElfatrick, Carolyn + + + + + - - 71 75R McFarlane, Carol + + + - - - - 43 60R McNamara, Denny + + + - - - - 43 64DFL Melin, Carly - - - - - - - 0 0DFL Moran, Rena - - - - - - - 0 5DFL Morrow, Terry - - * - - - - 0 3DFL Mullery, Joe - - - + + - - 29 17R Murdock, Mark + + + * - * - 43 68DFL Murphy, Erin - - - - - - - 0 1DFL Murphy, Mary - - - + + - + 43 13R Murray, Rich + + + - - - - 43 60R Myhra, Pam + + + + + + - 86 80DFL Nelson, Michael V. - - - - - - - 0 10R Nornes, Bud + + + - - - - 43 69DFL Norton, Kim - - - - - - - 0 18R O'Driscoll, Tim + + + - - - - 43 65DFL Paymar, Michael - - - + + - - 29 16DFL Pelowski, Jr.Gene - - - - - - - 0 25R Peppin, Joyce + + + + + + + 100 93DFL Persell, John - - - - - - - 0 0R Petersen, Branden + + + + + + + 100 85DFL Peterson, Sandra * - * * * * * 0% 17DFL Poppe, Jeanne - - - - - - - 0 9R Quam, Duane + + + + + + + 100 95DFL Rukavina, Tom - - - - - - + 14 17R Runbeck, Linda + + + + + + + 100 95R Sanders, Tim + + + - - + - 57 80DFL Scalze, Bev + - - + + - + 57 21R Schomacker, Joe + + + - - - - 43 65R Scott, Peggy + + + + + + + 100 90R Shimanski, Ron + + + - - - + 57 86DFL Simon, Steve - - - - - - - 0 8DFL Slawik, Nora - - - - - - + 14 18DFL Slocum, Linda - - - - - - + 14 4R Smith, Steve + + + - - - + 57 76R Stensrud, Kirk + + + + + + - 86 80R Swedzinski, Chris + + + - + - - 57 70DFL Thissen, Paul - - - - - - - 0 10DFL Tillberry, Tom - - - - - - + 14 1R Torkelson, Paul + + + - - - - 43 74R Urdahl, Dean + + + - - - - 43 63R Vogel, Bruce + + + - - - - 43 65DFL Wagenius, Jean - - - + + - - 29 10DFL Ward, John - - - - - - - 0 0R Wardlow, Doug + + + + + + + 100 90R Westrom, Torrey + + + - - - - 43 74DFL Winkler, Ryan - - - - - - + 14 7R Woodard, Kelby + + + - - + + 71 75R Zellers, Kurt + + + + + - + 86 85

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Party Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

R Abeler, Jim + + + - - - - 43 52DFL Allen, Susan - - - + + - + 43 43R Anderson, Bruce + + + + + + + 100 96R Anderson, Diane + + + + + + - 86 80R Anderson, Paul + + + - - - - 43 64R Anderson, Sarah + + + + + + - 86 81DFL Anzelc, Tom - - - - - - - 0 1DFL Atkins, Joe - - - - - - - 0 7R Banaian, King + + + + + - - 71 70R Barrett, Bob + + + + + - - 71 75R Beard, Michael + + + - - - - 43 75DFL Benson, John - - - - - - + 14 12R Benson, Mike + + + + + + + 100 85R Bills, Kurt + + + + + + + 100 90DFL Brynaert, Kathy - - - - - - - 0 0R Buesgens, Mark - + + + + + - 71 88DFL Carlson, Sr. Lyndon - - - + + - - 29 19DFL Champion, Bobby Joe - - - - - - + 14 6DFL Clark, Karen - - - + + - + 43 11R Cornish, Tony + + + - - - - 43 66R Crawford, Roger + + + + + + - 86 80R Daudt, Kurt + + + + + + + 100 90R Davids, Greg + + + - - - - 43 72DFL Davnie, Jim * - - + + - + 43 13R Dean, Matt + + + + + - + 86 85R Dettmer, Bob + + + + + + + 100 88DFL Dill, David - - - - - - - 0 8DFL Dittrich, Denise + - - - - - - 14 20R Doepke, Connie + + + - - + - 57 72R Downey, Keith + + + + + + + 100 82R Drazkowski, Steve + + + + + + + 100 92DFL Eken, Kent - - - - - - - 0 18R Erickson, Sondra + + + + + + + 100 85R Fabian, Dan + + + - - - - 43 65DFL Falk, Andrew - - - + + - - 29 6R Franson, Mary + + + + + - + 86 85DFL Fritz, Patti - - + - - - - 14 9R Garofalo, Pat + + + - - - + 57 72DFL Gauthier, Kerry - - - - - - - 0 0R Gottwalt, Steve + + + - - - * 43 74DFL Greene, Marion - - - + + - + 43 20DFL Greiling, Mindy + - - + + - + 57 20R Gruenhagen, Glenn + + + + + + + 100 90R Gunther, Bob + + + - - - - 43 68R Hackbarth, Tom + + + + + + - 86 78R Hamilton, Rod + + + - - - - 43 66R Hancock, David + + + + + + + 100 85DFL Hansen, Rick - - - + + - + 43 11DFL Hausman, Alice - - - + + - + 43 11DFL Hilstrom, Debra - - - - - - - 0 13DFL Hilty, Bill - - - - + - + 29 16R Holberg, Mary Liz + + + + + + + 100 87R Hoppe, Joe + + * - - + - 43 81DFL Hornstein, Frank - - - + + - - 29 11DFL Hortman, Melissa - - - - - - - 0 8DFL Hosch, Larry - - - - - - - 0 11R Howes, Larry + + + - - - - 43 58DFL Huntley, Thomas - - * - * - - 0 11DFL Johnson, Sheldon - - - - - - + 14 12DFL Kahn, Phyllis - - - + + - + 43 12DFL Kath, Kory - - + - - - - 14 26R Kelly, Tim + + + - - - + 57 74R Kieffer, Andrea + + + + + + + 100 85R Kiel, Debra + + + - - - - 43 60R Kiffmeyer, Mary + + + + + + + 100 88DFL Knuth, Kate - - - - - - - 0 4DFL Koenen, Lyle * - * * * * + 14 12

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The 2012 Session A Missed OpportunityThe 2012 Session A Missed OpportunityThe 2012 Session A Missed Opportunity

I, _______________, pledge to the taxpayersof the _____ district of the state of Minnesota

and all the people of this state that I will oppose andvote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.

Taxpayers League of Minnesota 14O2 Concordia Avenue St. Paul MN 551O4

Signature _______________________ Witness _____________________

Date___________________________ Date _______________________

The Taxpayers Protection Pledge

I, _______________, pledge to the taxpayersof the _____ district of the state of Minnesota

and all the people of this state that I will oppose andvote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.

The Taxpayers Protection Pledge

Taxpayers League of Minnesota 14O2 Concordia Avenue St. Paul MN 551O4

Signature ___________________________ Witness ___________________________

Date___________________________ Date ___________________________

Hardworking Minnesotans already pay enough in state and local taxes. Our budget problems are not the result of a lack of revenue, but are caused by excessive spending. The Taxpayers Protection Pledge is simple, it merely states that the candidate will oppose any additional tax burden on Minnesotans to operate the

necessary functions of state government. We encourage you to ask any and all cnadidated for office to make this simple and straight forward commitment.

egardless of how policy makers would like to characterize the session, there is a phrasethat comes to mind by American author H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

The 2012 legislative session was disappointing not only for what they did, but also for what theyfailed to do. For the first time in 38 years both the House and Senate were controlled byRepublicans who ran on a promise to reduce the size of government and provide tax relief to hardworking Minnesotans. In January Republicans gathered at the State Capitol to present an aggres-sive reform agenda which called for tax relief and government reform. Early in the session thebudget forecast brought news of a billion dollar budget surplus. This should have cleared the wayfor swift progress and a speedy conclusion to the session, yet it took the conservative majority threemonths to send their first tax reform bill to Gov. Dayton.

Rather than working to enact the priorities that got them elected; Republican legislators let Gov.Dayton set the agenda and wasted time on meaningless hearings, meetings with Vikings owner Zygi

Wilf, and approving a long list of public pork projects.

In the end GOP lawmakers failed to accomplish any of their major goals and succumbed to Gov. Daytons desire to increase the states debt and approve a taxpayer funded billion dollar sports palace.

Phil KrinkieTaxpayers League ofMinnesota President

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What Is The Taxpayers Protection Pledge?ard workingMinnesotans already payenough in state and local

taxes. Our budget problems are notthe result of a lack of revenue, butare caused by excessive spending.

The Taxpayer Protection Pledgeis simple, it merely states that thecandidate will oppose placing anyadditional tax burden onMinnesotans to operate the neces-sary functions of state government.

Before you support or vote for anycandidate check to see if they havesigned the Pledge at: www.taxpayersleague.org.

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Join The Taxpayers League of MinnesotaJoin The Taxpayers League of Minnesotaand Help us Fightand Help us Fight

the Liberal Tax-and-Spend Agenda!the Liberal Tax-and-Spend Agenda!

Join The Taxpayers League of Minnesotaand Help us Fight

the Liberal Tax-and-Spend Agenda!

ear Friends,

This is a critical year in Minnesota politics and the TaxpayersLeague 2012 Legislative Scorecard will be a key tool for votersas candidates vie for support in their new legislative districts. We are determined to protect Minnesotans from another taxincrease by educating voters on how legislators voted on tax and spending issues in the 2012 session.

As we look to the November election please remember thatGovernor Dayton is deeply committed to raising taxes. We needyour continued support to stop him! Here is what you can dotoday to ensure Dayton doesnt increase your taxes.

1) Contribute today; $200, $100, $50 or even $25 A gift of any size will help defeat a tax increase!

2) Get Involved; sign up at www.taxpayersleague.org toreceive our weekly updates and legislative alerts!

I hope you will join me in our efforts to educate voters onhow lawmakers spent your money. Please join me in this effortto inform voters and send your contribution today!

Sincerely,

P.S. Please use the enclosed envelope to send your contribution today!

Taxpayers League of Minnesota1402 Concordia AvenueSt. Paul, MN 55104

Standard U.S. Postage

PAID Capitol Direct

www.taxpayersleague.org 651-789-0092

Harold Hamilton Chairman of the Board

Taxpayers League of Minnesota

Harold has been a dedicated taxpayer

advocate and committedfreedom fighter for

Minnesota. He foundedthe Minnesota Watchdogin 2005 and serves as the

Taxpayers LeagueChairman of the Board.He steadfastly supportsefforts to slow the

growth of governmentand the fight for economic freedom.

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