{"id":25148,"date":"2010-07-16T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/emmers-campaign-manager-too-libertarian-he-wants-to-privatize-state-parks\/"},"modified":"2010-07-16T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T10:34:00","slug":"emmers-campaign-manager-too-libertarian-he-wants-to-privatize-state-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/emmers-campaign-manager-too-libertarian-he-wants-to-privatize-state-parks.php","title":{"rendered":"Emmer&#8217;s Campaign Manager &quot;too libertarian&quot; &#8211; He wants to Privatize State Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/TD-TUM-x6ZI\/AAAAAAAAMR8\/J5AOouHj3Tc\/s1600\/MarkBuesgensMN.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e6eff_MarkBuesgensMN.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>A Pot Legalizing Republican too<\/strong> <\/p><p>Tom Emmer, libertarian-conservative for Minnesota Governor has a full-time state representative as his statewide campaign manager.  Rep. Mark Buesgens is described by his GOP primary opponent Tom Rees, a former legislator, as a highly skilled political operative, but perhaps a bit too over-extended.   <\/p><p>But it is Buesgen's views on the proper role of state government that has Rees most concerned. <\/p><p>From the St. Paul <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometownsource.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=14363:emmer-campaign-manager-mark-buesgens-faces-primary-challenge&amp;catid=13:capitol-news&amp;Itemid=29\">HometownSource.com<\/a>, July 15: <\/p><blockquote><p>Additionally, Rees argues that Buesgens is less conservative than libertarian. <\/p><p>He is especially troubled, Rees explained, by Buesgens&rsquo; attitude towards state parks. <\/p><p>During a House floor debate last March, Buesgens, asked by a Duluth lawmaker whether he would be willing to close and sell the state parks, replied &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Buesgens is viewed as a bit of a edgie rightwinger on other issues, as well.   <\/p><p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/stories\/2010\/06\/03\/18642\/tom_emmers_campaign_manager_is_a_non-traditional_choice_--_and_a_non-traditional_republican\">Minn. Post<\/a> June 3 \"Tom Emmer's campaign manager is a non-traditional choice -- and a non-traditional Republican\": <\/p><blockquote><p>He's not so much right of center as he is an outspoken libertarian, who frequently does not attend House Republican caucus meetings because he doesn't like the idea of \"group think.\"  <\/p><p>As a state rep, Buesgens was pretty much a predictable \"No!\" vote on anything proposed by the DFL-controlled Legislature. Yet, as a libertarian, he would occasionally come up with a surprise vote. <\/p><p>Rep. Mark BuesgensFor example, in the 2009 session, Buesgens voted for a bill that would have legalized the use of medicinal marijuana. That bill passed in both the House and Senate but eventually was vetoed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.<\/p><\/blockquote><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e6eff_7828681836623105417-8576928175848207562?l=www.libertarianrepublican.net\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pot Legalizing Republican too Tom Emmer, libertarian-conservative for Minnesota Governor has a full-time state representative as his statewide campaign manager. Rep. Mark Buesgens is described by his GOP primary opponent Tom Rees, a former legislator, as a highly skilled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/emmers-campaign-manager-too-libertarian-he-wants-to-privatize-state-parks.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}