Officials at the State Capitol and in a number of Minnesota communities are wondering whether Governor Mark Dayton will sign a bonding bill for state public works projects that the legislature passed just before adjourning last Sunday. Senate Capital Investment Committee Chairman Dave Senjem from Rochester says, “It is one-point-five billion dollars. It is every much as big a bill that he presented, as he started the session.”
But a sticking point could be that nearly half the money would come from sources other than conventional “general obligation” bonds. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Bakk predicts Dayton will line-item veto some projects. Senjem is asking the governor *not* to do that, saying they’re well-vetted and important to Minnesota.