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Dear Editor,
Note our state constitution and protocol for our elected representatives:
Art. IV - Sect. 12 “A special session of the legislature may be called by the
governor on extraordinary occasions" But could not the governor have signed
the last budget bills of the session in May and AVOIDED all this confrontation?
So ... Call a special session - preconditions are unnecessary.
Art. IV Sect. 23 last par. “he may veto one or more of the items while approving the bill...” Again it would have been a signed bill for the greater parts of the budget to be adopted - so how about sharing what he didn’t like about every bit of it??
Art. IV. Sect. 18 - “All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives.” It SEEMS they are to ACT and then the process moves to a veto. I believe we started the whole special session intrigue, by NOT letting the house of reps. begin the process. Step aside Mr. Dayton. Let’s see what the elected reps. do best. This is always the American way - let this be a power of the people.
You are rushing the process and delaying it by NOT calling them to work (OH YES, I RECALL THEY WERE IN NEAR SESSION ON JUNE 30 WAITING, WAITING - you did not call them).
Art. X Sect. 1 may be misleading but it says “The power of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away. Taxes shall be UNIFORM...” Do we have a graduated tax or a uniform code??
I await any response to these questions of protocol or orderliness.
Dr. L. A. Smetak,
St. James, MN
Dear Editor,
Note our state constitution and protocol for our elected representatives:
Art. IV - Sect. 12 “A special session of the legislature may be called by the
governor on extraordinary occasions" But could not the governor have signed
the last budget bills of the session in May and AVOIDED all this confrontation?
So ... Call a special session - preconditions are unnecessary.
Art. IV Sect. 23 last par. “he may veto one or more of the items while approving the bill...” Again it would have been a signed bill for the greater parts of the budget to be adopted - so how about sharing what he didn’t like about every bit of it??
Art. IV. Sect. 18 - “All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives.” It SEEMS they are to ACT and then the process moves to a veto. I believe we started the whole special session intrigue, by NOT letting the house of reps. begin the process. Step aside Mr. Dayton. Let’s see what the elected reps. do best. This is always the American way - let this be a power of the people.
You are rushing the process and delaying it by NOT calling them to work (OH YES, I RECALL THEY WERE IN NEAR SESSION ON JUNE 30 WAITING, WAITING - you did not call them).
Art. X Sect. 1 may be misleading but it says “The power of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away. Taxes shall be UNIFORM...” Do we have a graduated tax or a uniform code??
I await any response to these questions of protocol or orderliness.
Dr. L. A. Smetak,
St. James, MN
