adampreston.com » St. Paul http://adampreston.com how I roll Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 A Budget Break Down http://adampreston.com/2009/04/15/a-budget-break-down/ http://adampreston.com/2009/04/15/a-budget-break-down/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:05:00 +0000 Adam http://adampreston.com/?p=26 steveseal

Steve Seel, the Current Radio personality, moderated this event.

Tonight I stumbled into the Varsity Theater for the Citizen’s League Policy and a Pint.  In addition to there being snacks from the Loring Pasta bar next door there was on hand Tom Weber and Glen Dorfman, two local experts on the state budgetary issues.  There was some good discussion, from the audience and the panel.  Steve Seel, the moderator from the local radio station hosting the event, kept everything moving along nicely (characterized below).  Tom offered some good insights to us common folk on where the stimulus money  goes as well as how its possible to keep track of billions of dollars flowing into the state.  Glen, on the other hand, was also insightful, when he wasn’t straying off on a tangent, that is.

Good times in Dinkytown.

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I declined.   I guess nowadays, everyone has to do their part.

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