Date: Sep 13, 2017 7:32 PM
Subject: Tricia Grimes: Too few legislators see importance of governing well
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*A Review of Minnesota's Legislative Process Interview *
*Former legislative staffer Tricia Grimes:*
*Some legislators seem to feel it's more important*
*to score points than to govern well*
September 13, 2017
Tricia Grimes
Tricia Grimes, retired staff member of the Minnesota Legislature and the
Minnesota Office of Higher Education, worries that too few legislators
these days seem to feel it's important to govern well. Instead, they think
it's more important to score points. She discusses the great temptation for
legislators to put unrelated matters or policy measures into the must-pass
appropriations bills. She believes we must be concerned about how
legislators are elected, but considers a more crucial issue how they behave
once they get to the Legislature.