Luncheon Meeting for January 22, 2008

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Date and Time

Tuesday Jan 22, 2008
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST

11:00 - 11:20 Registration and Informal Networking

11:30 - 12:00 The Honorable Governor Pawlenty

12:10 Lunch Served

12:10 - 12:50 announcements and presentations

Location

Dolce Oak Ridge Conference Center

One Oak Ridge Drive

Chaska, MN 55318

One Oak Ridge Drive Chaska MN 55318

Fees/Admission

Chanhassen Area Chamber of Commerce Members $24.00 with and reservation and payment.

$28.00 for non members and those members paying after 1/22/2008

Website

http://www.chanhassenchamber.org

Contact Information

Linda Walton
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The Honorable Governor Tim Pawlenty

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Monthly Luncheon Meeting

Special Guest Speaker, The Honorable Governor Tim Pawlenty

Presentation of the 2007 Chamber Business Awards

TIM PAWLENTY was first elected governor in 2002, with the state facing a $4.5 billion budget deficit—the largest in state history. Just months after Pawlenty took office, the legislature adopted his plan to eliminate the deficit without raising taxes. In 2005, Governor Pawlenty balanced the state budget again without raising taxes. At the end of 2006, it was announced that under Pawlenty’s leadership, Minnesota’s $4.5 billion deficit had been transformed into a $2.2 billion surplus.

Besides bringing Minnesota from historic budget crisis to financial security, Pawlenty fought for and oversaw passage of a dramatic overhaul and improvement of the state’s education standards; an $800 million increase in K-12 education spending along with a nation-leading teacher performance pay program; health care reforms that led to a zero percent premium increase in the state insurance program; significant welfare reform; tort liability reform; a range of new government efficiency initiatives; the creation of a nation-leading prescription drug website; and a doubling of the state’s ethanol standard to increase use of renewable fuels and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Pawlenty grew up in South St. Paul, Minnesota. The only child in his family to graduate from college, he attended the University of Minnesota and practiced law in the private sector. His public service career includes serving as a criminal prosecutor, Eagan City Councilmember, and ten-year member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, including four years as House Majority Leader.

Pawlenty serves as Chair of the National Governors Association and on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the Achieve Inc. Board of Directors, and the James B. Hunt Jr. Institute Board of Directors. He is Chair of the Midwestern Governors Association and is a former chair of the Governors Ethanol Coalition.

Pawlenty and his wife Mary have two daughters.

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