MPR’s Laura McCallum examines Governor Jesse Ventura’s legacy, taking a look at taxes, state budget, education, light rail, deficit, and judiciary.
As Governor Ventura prepares to leave office, he ends a term that saw one of the most dramatic four-year shifts in Minnesota's financial picture. Ventura inherited a four-billion dollar surplus, and leaves office with the state facing a four-and-a-half billion dollar deficit. Will he be remembered as the man at the helm when the state's economy took a nosedive? Or as a competent reform-er CEO who left a lasting stamp on state government?
This is one of a two-part series.
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https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2002/12/16/jesse-ventura-a-look-back-at-his-four-years-as-governor
Awarded:
2002 NBNA Eric Sevareid Award, award of merit in Series - Large Market Radio category