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Ventura Nixes $3 Mil in Public Projects

ST. PAUL, MN-The Guthrie Theater and Roy Wilkins Auditorium projects are the two largest projects affected, but operators of both plan to proceed despite the setback. The Legislature is adjourned for the year.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on July 11, 2001

ST. PAUL, MN-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura line-item vetoed a numberof development projects last weekend, including $3 million in state money earmarked for the Guthrie Theater’s new complex in Minneapolis and $500,000 for a new Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. The setbacks are not expected to affect the long-term prospects of either project.

In letters explaining the Guthrie veto, Ventura said, “Projects of this nature should, at a minimum, be able to demonstrate significant local and philanthropic financial commitments prior to a request for statefunding.”

Ventura says the $500,000 for the pre-design of the Roy Wilkins auditorium and exhibit hall “should be considered part of the capital budgeting process, rather than funded separately in a biennial operating appropriations bill.” He added, “I am concerned about the lack of a matching requirement and I question why the state funds are the first dollars in the project.”

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