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TEACHER:

Im a teacher

But Im also a mom.



Thats why Im so worried
about Tea Party Republican Jeff
Johnson.


Johnson voted to cut education
by over five hundred million
dollars


Teacher at head of class
of students

Same teacher pushing
her own kids on a swing
set

Teacher on camera
Graphic: Laura Livermore,
Classroom Teacher, Forest Lake,
MN


Teacher helping student
Graphic: Tea Party Republican
Jeff Johnson
Cut Education by over $500
Million
Source: House Journal 3164,
04/30/03










Johnson Voted For The 2003 House
Education Budget On Passage. Johnson
voted for HF1404, the House education
budget bill on April 30, 2003. [House
Journal 3164, 04/30/03]

HF1404 Would Have Cut Overall
Education Funding By $542 Million For
The Biennium. In May 2003 House Fiscal
Analysts issued a fiscal spreadsheet of the
House Education budget bill, noting that it
would have reduced education
appropriations by $542 million for the
biennium. [House Fiscal Analysts,
05/28/03]
Which means larger
class sizes and less
funding for books and
materials.
Teacher on camera
And Johnson voted
against early childhood
education
Second teacher helping
students
Graphic: Tea Party Republican
Jeff Johnson: Against Early
Childhood Education
Source: Hennepin County Board,
12/11/12

Johnson Voted Against The Amendment
To Add Support Of Early Childhood
Education Funding For Low Income
Families To The Countys 2013 State
Legislative Platform. Johnson voted
against the amendment to Resolution 12-
0505S3, the amendment to add support of
funding for ECE programming for low
income families. Johnson voted against the
amendment as the amendment was adopted
6-1 on December 11, 2012. [Hennepin
County Board, 12/11/12]

The Amendment To Resolution No. 12-
0505S3 Added Increased Funding For
Early Childhood Education For Poor
Families To The Countys 2013 State
Legislative Platform. December 2012
Board Minutes show the text of the
amendment to Resolution No. 12-0505S3,
which stated, Support substantially
increased funding for stable access to high
quality early childhood and education
programs for low-income families.
[Hennepin County Board, 12/11/12]

And even help for
college
University of Minnesota
Graphic: Tea Party Republican
Jeff Johnson: Against College &
Vocational Training
Source: House Journal 4055,
05/19/03
Johnson Voted For The 2003 Higher
Education Budget Bill On Passage.
Johnson voted in favor of SF1511, the 2003
higher education budget. Johnson voted for
the bill as it passed the House 69-62 on May
19, 2003. [House Journal 4055, 05/19/03]

SF1511 Cut University Of Minnesota
And MnSCU Funding By 15 Percent In
May 2003. In May 2003 in an article about
the 2003 higher education bill MPR wrote,
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to sign a
higher education funding bill that cuts each
of the state's public university systems 15
percent. [MPR, 05/21/03]

SF1511 Cut University Of Minnesota
Funding By $196 Million In May 2003. In
May 2003 in an article about the 2003
higher education bill MPR wrote, The
University of Minnesota's president calls the
$196 million cut very severe. [MPR,
05/21/03]

SF1511 Cut MnSCU Funding By $189
Million In May 2003. In May 2003 in an
article about the 2003 higher education bill
MPR wrote, MnSCU's 15 percent biennial
cut translates into a drop of $189 million.
[MPR, 05/21/03]
All to protect tax breaks
for corporations.




We need a Governor
who supports our
schools

And Jeff Johnson has
the wrong priorities for
Minnesota.
Child at school
Graphic: Tea Party Republican
Jeff Johnson: Tax Breaks for
Corporations
Source: House Journal 3934,
05/11/05

First teacher on camera




Graphic: Tea Party Republican
Jeff Johnson: WRONG for
Minnesota

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Johnson Voted Against The Amendment
To Curtail Corporate Tax Loopholes To
Fund Property Tax Relief. Johnson voted
against the Mullery amendment to HF785,
the amendment to curtail corporate tax
loopholes to fund property tax relief.
Johnson voted against the amendment as it
failed 53-81 on May 10 2005. [House
Journal 3934, 05/11/05]

The Mullery Amendment Repealed The
Foreign Source Royalties Subtraction. In
May 2005, Rep. Mullery proposed an
amendment to HF785 which would have
repealed the Foreign Source Royalties
subtraction. [House Journal 3929,
05/11/05]

The Foreign Source Royalties
Subtraction Cost $119.9 Million For The
06-07 Biennium. In February 2005, the
Minnesota Department of Revenue issued
its Tax Expenditure Budget, noting the
Foreign Source Royalties Subtraction had a
fiscal impact of $119.9 million for the
FY06-07 biennium. [Dept. Of Revenue,
Feb. 2006]