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MIKE HATCH STILL MEDDLING IN THE AG’S OFFICE; DFL HOUSE MEMBERS FIGHTING ABOUT SWANSON
By Michael B. Brodkorb | April 7, 2008
This article from MinnPost is a must read. It’s clear that former Attorney General Mike Hatch and his allies are still screwing up the ag’s office.
One of the best subplots of this debate is the fight between Representative Debra Hilstrom and Representative Steve Simon:
“Now MinnPost has obtained an email sent by Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center, doubting the motives of Simon’s efforts. The email was sent to a number of House members, and carried the subject line ‘In the interest of full disclosure.’
Hilstrom notes that she is an intern in the law office of former Attorney General Mike Hatch, Swanson’s predecessor and ally.
‘I have talked to Mike Hatch,’ Hilstrom wrote. ‘I think that as long as Representative Simon spends his time talking about his time working down the hall from Lori Swanson, he ought to disclose to people the facts and circumstances under which he was transferred without his consent from the consumer division to the education division by Lori Swanson.’” Source: MinnPost, April 4, 2008
Click here for the complete article.
While Hatch may be causing some of the trouble, Swanson is ultimately responsible.
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April 7th, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Could someone please explain to me exactly why a state Legislator is moonlighting as an intern? This is one of the more bizarre things I have read lately!
April 7th, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Gopgal….our legislature is supposed to be a PARTY TIME JOB! Every single one of these legislators had better have a “day job”.
LL
April 7th, 2008 at 9:19 PM
The real story here is that disclosing information in an employee personnel file (past or current) is a misdemeanor under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Cut and dry.
So either Hatch is lying, or former AG Hatch just violated the law. One or the other.