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In addition to Republican Rep. Al Carlson's new-fangled Budget and Finance Committee, I thought I'd cite some more examples of apparent rifts between North Dakota Republicans.
Perhaps the best examples would be public criticism that has come from former Republican Gov. Ed Schafer.
Here's some stuff from a Jan. 22 Associated Press article regarding Workforce Safety and Insurance:
Former Gov. Ed Schafer, who was stripped of his power to run North Dakota's workers compensation agency a decade ago, says fellow Republican Gov. John Hoeven isn't trying hard enough to get the authority back.
"You've got a governor that's not standing up for what should be done for the rights of injured workers, and for the people of North Dakota," Schafer said of Hoeven.
Schafer intends to speak today at a Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee hearing for legislation, sponsored by Sen. Joel Heitkamp, D- Hankinson, that would restore the governor's power to hire the state's workers compensation director.
"I think he should be testifying, and twisting arms," Schafer said of Hoeven. "I think he should be doing everything he can. He is not doing enough."
That's pretty terse.
In addition, the host of North Dakota's most popular conservative blog doesn't think Gov. John Hoeven should run for a third term. He said he's "disappointed" with Hoeven's decision.
Here's more of what he had to say in a post from Sept. 25:
And since our state government (thankfully) can't run a deficit in the budget, that means tax hikes.
This is the position Governor Hoeven has led us to, and because of that I think he shouldn't be re-elected. At the very least he should face a strong primary challenge from a principled conservative (which Hoeven is not) to at least scare him back to the principles he's given lip-service to in the past.
Those are pretty strong words too.
-Rick
Perhaps the best examples would be public criticism that has come from former Republican Gov. Ed Schafer.
Here's some stuff from a Jan. 22 Associated Press article regarding Workforce Safety and Insurance:
Former Gov. Ed Schafer, who was stripped of his power to run North Dakota's workers compensation agency a decade ago, says fellow Republican Gov. John Hoeven isn't trying hard enough to get the authority back.
"You've got a governor that's not standing up for what should be done for the rights of injured workers, and for the people of North Dakota," Schafer said of Hoeven.
Schafer intends to speak today at a Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee hearing for legislation, sponsored by Sen. Joel Heitkamp, D- Hankinson, that would restore the governor's power to hire the state's workers compensation director.
"I think he should be testifying, and twisting arms," Schafer said of Hoeven. "I think he should be doing everything he can. He is not doing enough."
That's pretty terse.
In addition, the host of North Dakota's most popular conservative blog doesn't think Gov. John Hoeven should run for a third term. He said he's "disappointed" with Hoeven's decision.
Here's more of what he had to say in a post from Sept. 25:
And since our state government (thankfully) can't run a deficit in the budget, that means tax hikes.
This is the position Governor Hoeven has led us to, and because of that I think he shouldn't be re-elected. At the very least he should face a strong primary challenge from a principled conservative (which Hoeven is not) to at least scare him back to the principles he's given lip-service to in the past.
Those are pretty strong words too.
-Rick
posted by Dem-NPL at 10:13 AM
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