by Dane Smith
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: Al Quie, Ann Lenczewski, Betsy Sundquist, Dane Smith, Health Care, Tim Pawlenty
For God's sake (or at least for St. Peter's sake), could just a few good legislators in those anti-tax straitjackets please listen to and heed former Gov. Al Quie, a Christian conservative of uncommon common sense and compassion?
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: January 22, 2010
Tags: 2010 Session Preview, Al Quie
Al Quie can be forgiven for feeling a bit of déjà vu these days.The man who served as Minnesota's 35th governor, from 1979 to 1983, has been watching the state's escalating budget crisis with a sense that he's seen it all before. Because, for all intents and purposes, he has.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: September 28, 2009
Tags: Al Quie, Larry Pogemiller, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Martin Sabo
The leaders of Minnesota's state Senate and House were joined this afternoon by former Republican Gov. Al Quie and former U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., in (indirectly) urging Gov. Tim Pawlenty to work with the 2010 Legislature to solve the state's budget crisis.
by Charley Shaw
Published: September 10, 2009
Tags: Al Quie, Arne Carlson, Bob Vanasek, Dean Johnson, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Gillaspy, Tom Stinson
Past governors and legislative leaders fault both politics and demographics.
by Charley Shaw
Published: March 16, 2009
Tags: Al Quie, Arne Carlson, redistricting, Roger Moe, Walter Mondale
A bipartisan assemblage of Minnesota’s political hall of fame is supporting a bill that would create an independent commission to handle the next round of redistricting. Two former governors, a former U.S. vice president and a former state Senate majority leader endorsed redistricting reform legislation in a letter sent today to state Sen. Ann Rest, [...]
by Sarah Janecek
Published: May 30, 2008
Tags: Al Quie, GOP convention
Former GOP Gov. Al Quie stopped by our booth to chat. He delivered the invocation at the convention this morning. He also delivered his own message to delegates: Lower taxes now means higher taxes somewhere down the line. Quie is one of my heroes, and not merely a political hero. He went [...]
