Q & A: State employee shares sense of gravity

Rally at the Capitol
Retired teacher Polly Kellogg joined others at a rally at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, June 30, 2011.
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Along with members of the public who might be affected by a state government shutdown are approximately 22,000 non-essential state employees who would lose their jobs for an unspecified length of time.

Jeanette Leete, a ground water supervisor in the Department of Natural Resources, spoke with Tom Crann of MPR's All Things Considered about the sense of gravity felt among state employees.

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