State of Minnesota Archives: on Local Issues


Mike Murphy: Protect the economic interests of our farmers and ranchers

We need to protect the economic interests of our farmers and ranchers. We must help our farmers with grants to purchase high-tech smart farming equipment. Smart farming increases the quantity and quality of products while optimizing the human labor required. Smart farming also makes farming more controlled and accurate. By precisely measuring variations within a field farmers can boost the effectiveness of pesticides and fertilizers or use them selectively.
Source: 2022 Minnesota governor campaign website MikeMurphyForMN.com Feb 16, 2021

Mike Murphy: Supports Minnesota mining while protecting environment

Mike knows we cannot sacrifice our environment to create a "green economy." That is why we must have new and innovative policies that ensure our water and external environments surrounding the mines remain intact during the mining processes. Mike will hold mining organizations accountable for any malicious infractions and will make protecting Minnesota's environment his number one priority.
Source: 2022 Minnesota governor campaign website MikeMurphyForMN.com Feb 16, 2021

Mark Dayton: Make capital investments in the downtowns of major cities

My father and uncles taught me the paramount importance of continuous private and public investments in improving the communities in which people work and live. In my job, I apply that principle to the "community" of Minnesota.

For two years, my proposals to make capital investments in the downtowns of major cities, like St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Mankato, and St. Cloud, and investments in smaller, but equally essential projects throughout Minnesota were rejected by Republican legislative leaders. Despite a lagging construction industry and good Minnesotans in the building trades unable to find work, they just said No.

Well, just saying No just won't work...not in Rochester, where the renowned Mayo Clinic wants us to help them continue to outclass their competitors in other states and other countries...and to continue doing so from Rochester.

Source: 2013 State of the State speech to Minnesota Legislature Feb 6, 2013

Mark Dayton: Highway 62 model: remain open while rebuilding roads

Consider the recently completed Highway 62 interchange, built while remaining open for traffic. It's not perfect; yet it's a big improvement, and it provides for better public transit as well. The notion we don't know how to invest in critical infrastructure improvements, or to implement those projects efficiently, is foolish. What's even more foolish, however, is our failure to make necessary investments in them. The results are deteriorating highways throughout Greater Minnesota and worsening congestion in our metro system. Roads, highways, and public transit are to our state's economy, as are arteries to the human body. If the arteries are healthy, and efficiently transport blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body, everything works at its best. If, however, the arteries become decrepit or clogged, the body's performance suffers.
Source: 2011 Minnesota State of the State Address Feb 9, 2011

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