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State Representative Paul Marquart
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-6829
For more information contact: Sandy Connolly 651-296-8877
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CREATING THE GOVERNMENT MINNESOTANS DESERVE
St. Paul, MN – State Rep. Paul Marquart will be joined by the Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, several colleagues in the House, and members of a public sector redesign discussion group to kick-off some of their strategies for changing the way business is done in the state of Minnesota.
“It has become clear to lawmakers and citizens alike that we need to redesign and reform the way our state government operates, not just to achieve better results, but also to lower costs," said Rep. Marquart. “Over the past several months I have been working with a wide range of lawmakers, government officials, members of the private business sector, and citizens on ways we can change the way we do business so Minnesota can start working again.”
Today the group is rolling out a “Redesign Comment Line”, designed to gather ideas from citizens across the state on what areas of government can be reformed for improved efficiency and lower costs, and how. The website can be found at www.house.mn/redesign.
Ideas can also be submitted through the Redesign Hotline, at 651-297-8391 or 1-800-551-5520. The top six ideas considered to be the strongest and most promising will be rolled into redesign legislation.
Rep. Marquart also chairs a bipartisan House caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Diane Loeffler, Carol McFarlane and Dean Urdahl, and has been participating in a public sector redesign discussion group. Both groups have strategies in the works that will be announced soon.
In January, Rep. Marquart announced his new guidelines for whether or not a not a bill gets a hearing in his Property and Local Sales Tax Division. For instance, any proposals that add to the state deficit will not be heard, and priority will be given to bills that help solve the state deficit, improve local government accountability and lower property taxes.
“While many of these are small steps, collectively they create a larger movement I believe lawmakers and citizens alike can support,” said Marquart. “Through redesign and reform, we will create the government Minnesotans deserve.”
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