Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 36 - 3/18/08
This Break's For The Insiders...And A Few PIM Notes
Traditionally, the Legislature's spring break is a time for legislator to stop, breathe and try to have some interaction with real people back home, not each other and the interest groups that dominate the Capitol. This year strikes us as different. Legislators are likely to hear about the gas tax increase already passed, but not much else.
Most people know that the state has another budget deficit, but most people understand they won't be affected by any cuts (for fun intergovernmental wrangling on budget cuts, see our last story of this issue). Still, Democrats think they can make hay out of coming budget cuts; Republicans, the moral high ground on budget issues, because Democrats have yet to offer their own concrete budget plans.
The big issue remaining is the bonding bill. The House has passed a $925 million bill; the Senate, $965 million; and GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty has proposed a $825 million bonding proposal (but now wants $100 million of that to go to bridges, which is not in either the House or Senate bills). Interestingly, Pawlenty has also upped the ante for his pet project: He now wants $40 million to acquire private property and create a state park along Lake Vermillion (he did not provide a specific dollar figure for the park in his original bonding plan).
Publishing schedule reminder: Easter break is also a traditional break for the PIM Weekly Report, as well. We' be back Friday, March 28.
Finally, thanks to the well-over 100 PIM subscribers who emailed their congratulations on Politics in Minnesota being acquired by Dolan Media Company. We're delighted you all are as thrilled as we are.
Righting The Wrong Integrity Record
Unbeknownst to most Capitol outsiders is this: A legislator questioning the integrity of a lobbyist or an interest group is a very big thing.
Such a big -- and rare -- thing happened, yesterday, on the House floor. On a point of personal privilege, Rep. Steve Smith (R-Mound) rose to give a six-minute speech about how angry he was with the actions of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota (IFM). According to Smith (his speech can be viewed on the house television archives, time 1:14:13), the IFM accused Smith of supporting HF 3975 - the "good faith" bill - to "line his own pockets," and those of his fellow trial lawyers. (Click here to read "Keeping the Faith," an archived PIM synopsis of the "good faith" insurance debate). Smith singled out, named and chastised the IFM's long-time and highly respected president, Bob Johnson.
In a subsequent, unorchestrated and bipartisan move, Rep. Joe Atkins (D-Inver Grove Heights) then rose to spoke as well, urging legislators to realize that, "An attack on one is an attack on all. When the honesty, the integrity, of a member like Steve Smith is impugned it is a reflection and an indignity to all of us."
Unfortunately for all concerned, Smith and Atkins were unintentionally wrong. Johnson responded to Smith in a letter that was copied to all members of the House, saying, "In my 30 years of work at the Legislature, I have never made a personal attack of such a nature that you accused me of, nor have I ever directed somebody else to make such a personal attack. I would not support anybody in our industry who would do that... As always, our commitment at the Insurance Federation of Minnesota, is to deal with issues as they arise. We sometimes disagree over issues but we never, ever make it personal."
The IFM did, indeed, send out a grassroots alert about the bill, but it was a timeless and harmless one, urging all members to write their Senators (the House wasn't even mentioned) asking them to not support the legislation, and then explained to members why the legislation was bad.
Apparently one of Smith's constituents upped the ante into a personal attack on Smith, but on no specific directive from the Insurance Federation.
What transpired here is a good exercise in how our Capitol works only if we can all agree:
1. Smith was right. If that mean-spirited letter was orchestrated by an interest group, especially from one of the highest caliber like the Insurance Federation, a public outing on the House floor was in order.
2. Atkins was right. And a super-refreshing respite from all the partisan rhetoric flying around the Capitol on almost every issue these days. An attack on the honesty and integrity of one member does reflect on all members. What makes what Atkins did so meaningful is that he just did it. Didn't consider the political implications of a DFLer defending a Republican; considered only the big picture.
3. Johnson was right. He immediately notified Smith and the other members that he didn't do the dirty deed. Those who know Johnson will recognize that this is particularly mortifying for Bob. One of the really good guys in the lobbying profession whose honesty and integrity are beyond question.
Case closed, Bob Johnson. No violation of our honesty and integrity code.
Integrity History Lesson
Legislators, staff and lobbyists new to the process will have no memory of what happens when a lobbyist violates the honesty and integrity code. In 1988, John Bergland was the lobbyist for the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association (MLBA). A bill to lower the DUI blood alcohol content to .08 was on the Senate floor (that issue was hotly debated before it passed into law in 2004 and became effective 2005). Bergland distributed a flyer on the Senate floor completely -- and some would say, intentionally -- misstating facts supposedly attributable to the highly respected Kathy Burke-Moore, who was then with the Department of Public Safety.
The outcry was enormous. Not only did the MLBA get rid of Bergland, he was unable to find any other lobbying work in Minnesota and moved to Georgia.
In Minnesota, a lobbyist cannot violate the code and survive. Now, case really closed.
Erhardt: Errors And Airs?
Your publisher has been surprised by the number of unsolicited calls she's been getting from long-time Edina GOP party activists. Their complaint is universal: The media is just plain wrong about the spin being given to what happened at the Edina convention where GOPer Keith Downey was endorsed over Rep. Ron Erhardt (R-Edina). For example, today in MinnPost.com, Gerry Anderson wrote:
"Erhardt said his endorsement loss to Downey had less to do with the gas tax than the campaign against him that's been brewing for some time. 'It's because I'm not always voting the Republican platform on social issues, I'm not with the Christian coalition,' said Erhardt, who compared Downey unfavorably to U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. '[The loss] was not unexpected, by the way.'"To the person, the Edina GOP activists say this isn't about ideology, as Erhardt has portrayed it. Rather, the Edina-ites say that they started looking -- and Downey started running -- about a year and a half ago, because the general consensus was that Erhardt wasn't serving the district and they wanted to invest in a candidate like former Edina Sen. Roy Terwilliger (now Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Chair), who was easy to work with and championed the district's interests well. The general consensus is that, over the years (Erhardt has held the seat since 1990), he developed hubris and a sense of entitlement to the seat.
Edina-ites also note that Downey is not the Christian-coalition type that Erhardt paints him to be. Sure, on the defining social issue of abortion, Erhardt is pro-choice and Downey, pro-life. However, and not inconsequentially, the Edina GOP activists (most of whom are pro-choice) say they've long moved past that issue, that it's been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, and it's time to no longer make that issue a litmus test. More important than abortion, they say, are bread-and-butter issues like education and taxes, along with supporting GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty on same.
As for Erhardt voting to override Pawlenty's veto of the transportation funding $6.6 billion tax increase package, Downey supporters say they had 100 committed delegates lined up before the override vote (108 was the number needed to win). Here's Downey's campaign site.
[We called Edina City Hall to see if they have a word for their residents like "Minneapolitan" or "Saint-paulite". Those friendly folks said they really had no specific word!]
Never Fear, Cap Is Here
About a month ago, we noted that popular, long-time Senate staffer Marge Romero had retired, and that Capitol basketball fans were freaking out because Marge was the Capitol's organizer and keeper of the NCAA Basketball pool.
Hoops fans, take note. In a super secret ceremony, Romero handed the official basketball pool file to Cap O'Rourke, who is currently the committee administrator for the Senate's Economic Development Budget Division, chaired by Sen. David Tomassoni (DFL). The old rules continue: Each person may have two entries and each entry is $2. Forms can be picked up and then dropped off (with the cash) no later than noon, March 20, in Room 317 of the Capitol. Last year, 178 people participated in the pool.
For those who don't know staffer O'Rourke, here's a review of his career. A native of Minneapolis, Cap graduated from St. Johns University in 1998. He briefly worked in Washington and then returned to Minnesota, where in 2000, he made serious DFL staff rounds. That year, he started out working for then-DFL Sen. Steve Kelley's U.S. Senate campaign. But the party endorsed then-DFL Sen. Jerry Janezich, so Cap went to work for DFLer Mike Ciresi, who went on to lose the DFL primary to Mark Dayton (who, of course, went on to win that year). Figuring his luck wasn't so good in U.S. Senate races, Cap jumped to U.S. Rep. Bill Luther's (D-MN 6) second run against now-U.S. Rep. John Kline (R- MN 2). [Kline beat Luther the next election.] After Luther won, Cap ran the recount effort by U.S. Rep. David Minge (D-MN 2) in which challenger GOPer Mark Kennedy won both the general election and the recount. Got that?!
Cap went on to work for other campaigns before landing at the Minnesota Senate with Tomassoni.
Keg Krushers Kollect Kash; Liquor Licensees Lurid Over Lost Lager Locations
Perennial liquor issues are, once again, before the Legislature. Joseph O'Neill, the lobbyist for Anheuser-Busch, testified before the Senate Committee on Business, Industry, and Jobs that over 400,000 kegs are "lost" each year, costing breweries nationwide over $50 million. Sen. Jim Metzen's (DFL-St. Paul) bill, SF 3455, aims to prevent people from selling beer kegs to scrap yards, which are currently paying twice the price of a liquor store's keg deposit charge. Metzen's bill would make it illegal for anyone besides brewery owners, keg manufacturers, or their authorized representatives to sell kegs for scrap. Although enterprising college kids would, at first blush, seem to be the major villains, that's not the case. Most of the disappearing kegs vanish from the back of restaurants and bars. [The companion bill didn't move in the House, making the issue moot this year.]
They Don't Make Newspaper [Headquarters] Like They Used To
In early February, the Star Tribune reported that it intended to sell its properties in downtown Minneapolis. In 2007, the Strib had been in negotiations to sell its parking lots and Freeman office building to the Vikings in anticipation of new stadium construction, but the $45 million deal fell through. This time, though, the same parking lots and office building and the newspaper's main headquarters are on the table. No potential buyer for the property was mentioned in publisher Chris Harte's staff memo, and the real estate firm of record, CB Richard Ellis, does not have the Star Tribune HQ listed on its public site. It's not known what would become of the building if it was sold—is the paper simply trying to gain some cash to mitigate what their consultants call 'hemorrhaging?' Or would it consider moving elsewhere as most of the staff have been consolidated into one location? Is there still pressure to give up space for a future Vikingdome?
The Strib's financial troubles have been of special concern to the newspaper's union, the Minneapolis Star Tribune unit of the Newspaper Guild, whose livelihood seems more tenuous as daily newspapers struggle for readership and revenue. The Star Tribune has hired Restructuring Associates (RAI) to 'act as mediators for discussions with the unions for growth and change;' a forum is planned for mid-March for a frank discussion of the company's finances with the union. The Newspaper Guild explains here the proposed format of the meeting, including an open forum for Guild members as well as the requirement of confidentiality agreements regarding financial figures. With the Strib HQ up for sale, and some members pushing for a more aggressive agenda, is there anything the union can do to gain a bit of traction to help preserve its newsroom?
The Star Tribune headquarters—officially known as the Star and Tribune Building—was constructed in 1945 in a style of Art Deco known as Moderne. Although it was inventoried in a 1980 study, it has not been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Anyone can nominate a property for inclusion in the list of historic places; usually property owners or local historical societies are the ones to do so. From there, a recommendation is passed along to the State Historical Preservation Office, or SHIPO, which facilitates federal review of the site. If the location is deemed significant, it goes onto the national register. Any site is eligible that displays distinction in architecture, cultural value, or other notable characteristics. Certainly the Star and Tribune Building fits these categories, at least as far as Minneapolis is concerned. Locally, the City of Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (part of City Planning) would be the first stop in designating the Strib building. Might a lone Newspaper Guild member want to initiate an investigation into this building of cultural significance, and would nomination as a Historic Place preserve the building? Avista, the Strib's owners, might be less inclined to get rid of a building officially blessed by the National Register.
Though there are significant tax credits available for properties listed as historical sites—including a 20% credit for rehabilitations that conform to or improve the historical features—historical designation alone might not be enough to save the building. In 2002, Minnesota Public Radio outlined the plans to demolish the old Guthrie Theater despite its SHIPO eligibility for nomination to the National Register. (The Guthrie had been named culturally but not architecturally significant) While that eligibility seemed to attract attention to the 'plight' of this memorable building, the Walker ultimately had its way and the building was destroyed. Perhaps the National Register won't be enough to keep the Strib building around—but perhaps for the Guild it's worth a try.
Craigslist Competition On The North Shore
A study of Minnesota's tourism was approved last week and sent to the floor. The study will look into the impact that people who rent out their own cabins on a nightly, weekly, or monthly basis have on Minnesota's lodging community. People who have their cabins available on craigslist or sites like homeaway do not pay the same taxes and are not subjected to the same inspections and codes as those proprietors of the 900-plus resorts in Minnesota. Minnesota's $10.5 billion tourism industry is a huge sector of the economy, and was pressing for this study to see if and/or how these "craigslist renters" effect their businesses. The resort community has seen their gross sales grow in each of the last three years while also seeing a decline in the number of establishments, from 983 in 2004 to 944 in 2006. It was of little surprise to those in attendance during the first House hearing for this bill (HF3346) that it went through. The 40-plus resort owners donning sunglasses and equipped with beach balls on a cold February day made their presence known, while the lobby for the single cabin renting community was nowhere in sight. The resort community was adamant that they are not trying to bar people from renting their cabins, but simply want to level the playing field.
Comprehensive Plans Trump Final Park Purchase Votes
Among the litany of minor tweaks offered on park laws this session, Sen. Dan Larson's (DFL-Bloomington) proposal, SF 2820, would streamline the purchase by park boards of private land from willing sellers. Currently, city councils have to hold a final vote on all willing private land purchases, and Larson's bill would remove this requirement when the parcels in question have already been included as intended parkland in official comprehensive plans. The current law dates from the 1950s, and got superseded by the Metropolitan Parks act in 1974. All planned park acquisitions are currently supposed to be rolled into the Metropolitan Council's overarching comprehensive plans. Larson notes that having another round of city approval is redundant and expensive, since the cities already sign off on their own comprehensive plans.
Pay Local Governments For Election Complaint Work
Right now, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) collects fines levied upon upheld election complaints, but Sen. Rick Olseen's (DFL-Harris) SF3370/HF3702 would first provide the money to the local jurisdictions that had to spend the money on addressing the complaint itself. Local governments have no control over campaign practices, yet bear the cost of resolving the complaints, says Ann Higgins, from the League of Minnesota Cities. Five complaints in Chisago County since 2004 were handled at some expense; "Must be something in the water, I don't know," joked Chisago County Auditor Dennis Freed. Senate Counsel Peter Wattson noted that agencies' budgets shouldn't rely upon fines, since fines are less likely to be collected than up-front fees.
Bits & Pieces
Rep. Tony Cornish (R-Good Thunder) endorsed Rep. Randy Demmer (R-Hayfield) in his run for the Republican endorsement in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. Not to be outdone, DFL candidate Steve Sarvi picked up five major endorsements in his bid to defeat incumbent U.S. Rep. John Kline (D-MN 2). Sarvi garnered the support of Teamsters Joint Council, Teamsters Local 120, the UAW Minnesota State Community Action Program Council, U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN 4), and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN 5).
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) appointed eight to the Minnesota Forest Resources Council. Alan Ek, Dale Erickson, Rob Harper, and Joel Koemptgen are the new appointees, while Bruce Cox, Dave Epperly, Kathleen Preece, and John Rajala are being reappointed. In other appointments, Pawlenty named the finalist for the two vacancies opening up in Minnesota's fifth judicial district. The finalists are assistant Mankato public defender Gregory Anderson, Marshall attorney Michael Cable, Redwood County attorney Michelle Dietrich, Marshall public defenders office managing attorney Cecil Naatz, Blue Earth public defenders office managing attorney Troy Timmerman, and Fairmont attorney Terry Viesselman. Marcia Farinacci was reappointed to the Public Employees Retirement Association Board of Trustees, Dr. Timothy Neitzke to the Board of Optometry and Dr. Stacey Jassey and Dr. Kay Hanson to the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) has named Alex Jackson interim fire chief. Jackson brings over 27 years experience to the position which will last until a permanent Chief is named in late April.
Center for the American Experiment will welcome Chester Finn Jr. to speak about his new autobiography Troublemaker. Finn has been an education expert (inside and outside) for years and will be discussing the history of school reform. The luncheon is Thursday, March 27th from 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Hilton in downtown Minneapolis. For more information visit the Center's website.
St. Paul's new state of the art recreational facility is still in need of a name. There have already been over 100 submissions and the deadline has been extended to Friday, March 21st. The facility houses a water park, computer lab, walking track, gymnasium, and children's activity area. Whatever it ends up being called it's located on the corner of Lexington Parkway North and Interstate 94. For more information visit the St. Paul Parks website.
The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies lists of upcoming events includes an April 7th forum with Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN 8). Oberstar, who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will be hosting the 7th annual Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology and giving a presentation entitled "Transformation of National Transportation Policy for the 21st Century." Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN 1), who serves on Oberstar's committee, will give his speech "Federal Transportation Policy to Meet State Needs." There will also be a panel discussion featuring members of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. The U's College of Veterinary Medicine open house is April 6th from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The event if free and open the the public. No reservation is required. For location visit the PIM events calendar.
Partisan Budget Battles
Every time the state suffers a budget shortfall, some of the most interesting budget discussions occur between different units of government, particularly when those units are run by opposing political parties.
Last week, Rep. Phyllis Kahn's (DFL-Minneapolis) State Government Finance Division committee had a relatively contentious hearing, as Pawlenty's Deputy Chief of Staff Bob Schroeder presented a proposed $150,000 cut in the governor's office, itself. Kahn wondered about the budgetary impact of inter-agency agreements, and whether these were also subject to the cuts. (Schroeder had "no conclusion" on whether inter-agency cuts would amount to 4%.) The discussion shifted to tricky terrain after Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) questioned the merits of having such a large staff within the governor's office; she cited one transportation staffer within the governor's office "I never saw" despite serving as the liaison to the Transportation Finance Committee.
Hortman pondered whether having such an extensive staff within the governor's office, rather than at the agencies, was really necessary, or instead merely added an extra layer of bureaucracy. Those individuals represent the governor's interests on policy and budgetary matters, responded Schroeder. "So why not have them inside the agencies?" Hortman shot back. All these departments "replicating" in the governor's office "seems like a lot of duplication," Hortman said. Kahn pointed out that inter-agency agreements, which amount to millions of dollars, are used to streamline expensive staff tasks; this is the mechanism that permits the staff at the Attorney General's office to serve all the departments. Kahn said that each agency used to have its own attorney was a "nonsense" waste of money.
Hortman questioned whether four or five people are doing the exact same jobs, and if so, they might not be necessary during a billion-dollar deficit. She also wondered if the number of "political people" created more distance between the governor and the Legislature. Things might move faster without this layer of political appointees to go through, she said, and this layer of bureaucracy might be contributing to the two branches not working well together. In turn, Rep. Sarah Anderson (R-Plymouth) wondered if some House and Senate staff positions could be merged together. "This is a proposal this committee has made several times," responded Kahn. Perhaps things like the House publication Session Weekly would also be more efficiently done jointly, mused Kahn. Rep. Chris DeLaForest (R-Andover) suggested considering the merits of trimming deputy commissioners (of which there are a surprisingly large number). Kahn also asked Finance to provide data on telecommuting as she wondered when "real moves" would happen on agency telecommuting policy.
Schroeder also said that the Governor's office has an office in Washington, D.C., at the Hall of States with three full-time staff members, which got nudged up from two a year and a half ago after Pawlenty became Vice Chair of the National Governor's Association "to help with the responsibilities that come with that." Schroeder defended this work on the basis of the roughly $7 billion Minnesota gets from the federal government annually; the D.C. staff interfaces with Congress and the White House to handle these kinds of matters. It's about an average level of staffing, Schroeder said, working to achieve consensus on issues among the nation's governors.
DFL State Auditor Rebecca Otto offered a pretty dire assessment of the effects of a cut upon her constitutional office's operations. The auditor noted her office is the steward of roughly $20 billion dollars yearly "so people can't steal money," and investigations into corruption and malfeasance could be seriously threatened by cuts to the lean, small office. Already, "we are stripped," she said. Interestingly, the auditor's operations are heavily financed by the fees collected from the local governments they audit, so its internal revenue stream could become seriously dented if they lose five people, the equivalent of a whole audit team. 85% of the revenues come from fees and reimbursements, and the expense of audits is recovered through fees in enforcing programs like JOBZ. Otto's office is efficient; "it's people," she said, and 89% of expenses go to personnel. Otto said that cuts would work out to be "a wash"; the proposed $369,360 cut would only net $80,544 in savings to the general fund because the office would not be able to collect nearly as much. Otto warned during an economic downturn, theft from the government increases; less oversight during bad economic times is a really bad idea. Other consequences could include no more special investigations, no compliance guide for local government, or providing less help for local governments in interpreting law. The public doesn't expect less transparency or oversight. "You don't have government unless you have oversight," she said.
Major General Larry Shellito, Adjutant General from the Department of Military Affairs, touted the accomplishments of Minnesota-based military units around the globe and made the case for preserving programs like a medic requalification bonus, which would give cash for medics to stay trained and ready to handle medical emergencies here. An employer support program also is on the chopping block. And, they would like to take over land management at Camp Ripley from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), because the DNR tends to plant fast-growing trees and leave tree stumps around the training areas.
The Department of Administration said that they were pretty much at the limit for tweaking their operations, but needed to keep funding improvements like more efficient boilers. Improving computer power practices, energy conservation training and guaranteed energy saving contracts could help the bottom line, they said. Extending the service life of recycling equipment like bins could save some money while preserving staff. Restructuring the Environmental Quality Board, while removing duplicate functions from its mandate, could permit cutting at least one senior staff there. Also trimming land management information systems could net a few thousand dollars. Canceling a plan to relocate the Department of Public Safety would net $885,000 in savings, and they would keep their current office lease intact.
Staff from Attorney General Lori Swanson's (DFL) office say they face a complex situation since they vend services to many agencies under complex agreements. Potentially, they could lose 20 positions from the office staff including paralegals. This might mean that the AG could not respond as quickly to emergencies like the I-35W bridge collapse. Investing in the AG's office ultimately saved the state government a big chunk of change, since they were able to successfully defend the agencies from a variety of lawsuits totaling more than a hundred million dollars in potential damages. Working for citizens on issues like Medicaid and consumer complaints also have a major effect on state revenue streams, which would probably be harmed by cutting staff, they implied.
At another hearing on the Senate side, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) says it faces major cuts to programs. CriMNet, a kind of law enforcement data warehouse umbrella, would face a cut of $608,000, which would hit its identity access management project, (this would provide more unified access to sensitive law enforcement databases). Police currently have to know a myriad of passwords to access different databases, and this would give them one secured login password instead. Sen. Leo Foley (DFL-Coon Rapids) questioned the premise that fewer passwords would improve security. A new rapid identification technology, which can collect two fingerprints and verify identities from within the squad car, would also be curtailed, and this would keep police off the street because they always have to establish identity upon booking at the jail. Why are these programs so expensive to implement? CriMNet currently has an impressive 66 projects in progress, much of which has to be done by consultants because it's so cutting-edge.
More ominously, the Financial Crimes Task Force would also face serious cuts, despite the proliferation of crimes like mortgage fraud Minnesota struggles with today. Mary Ellison from DPS said that it's difficult to get local government to commit resources to their efforts. The staff probably wouldn't get laid off, but they would have to cut back on reimbursements for local efforts. One senator noted all the mortgage fraud in their district; those "sleuths" have "quite the job" to unravel what has already happened. The Human Rights Department seemed on the verge of implementing a new computer system which would streamline many operations, but they would probably have 2-2.5 layoffs. Human Rights is also opening a new office in St. Cloud with the avid fiscal support of local governments, given the embarrassing series of disturbing racial incidents in the area. Staff from Crime Victim Services warned that they have yet to see the impact of service cuts already made at their public service offices. Already this year, three women, three children and one man have been killed by domestic violence, and this cycle of violence would surely not be improved by cuts, they implied.
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