Life in A Better Minnesota

You might recall that the primary arm of the Mark Dayton propaganda machine was an organization called "Alliance for a Better Minnesota," which assured us that A Better Minnesota would be possible if only we'd be willing to give the keys to Mark Dayton.

And now we understand how A Better Minnesota operates:

Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration said Monday that state gambling regulators should have been clearer from the outset that they relied heavily on gambling companies themselves to estimate revenues from electronic pulltabs that would help pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.

“There should have been more transparency in this part of the process,” said Katharine Tinucci, a Dayton spokeswoman. The governor, she said, “was not aware of the particulars of where the information was coming from.”

It's long been evident that Mark Dayton isn't aware of many things, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at this admission, but, seriously? Considering all the people at the governor's employ, he couldn't be bothered to vet a proposal for a billion dollar project? Due diligence is for suckers, I guess, in A Better Minnesota.

Fortunately, the deliberations surrounding the Viking stadium were documented. And yes, the final bit of wisdom in the clip is pretty spot-on: