Change in Select A Candidate – Hatch
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I'm making a change in the options for the Select A Candidate module for Minnesota governor.
Specifically, the "opposed" response to the question of a gas tax is no longer linked to Mike Hatch.
Here's how I explain it on the page of candidate positions:
"I can tell you right now the public isn't interested in a gas-tax increase," Hatch said on MPR on March 7, 2006. He said the governor needs to "sell the idea" and he said he wouldn't support it until that is done.
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However, on October 25, 2006, Hatch said, "I would not stand in the way of an increase in the gas tax as
long as it was reasonable. The veto should be
ultilized when the governor believes the Legislature is not
representing the will of the people."
