Showing posts with label Governor's Office. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Governor's Office. Show all posts

Friday, October 8, 2010

NO MORE PAWLENTY ON FRIDAY MORNINGS

SOURCE: Governor Pawlenty's Office

Saint Paul – Governor Pawlenty announced today that his last Good Morning, Minnesota broadcast will be November 12, 2010. The Governor has notified WCCO-AM management of his decision.

The Governor first broadcast his weekly radio show on WCCO-AM in February 2003. He voluntarily ended the broadcast in June 2006 prior to filing for re-election. He resumed the show in January 2007 as he began his second term as Governor.

Good Morning, Minnesota airs from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. each Friday. WCCO-AM was selected after an RFP process solicited bids from radio broadcasters interested in airing the Governor’s radio show.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Minn. Audit Looks At Finances In Pawlenty's Office

Source: WCCO

June 12, 2009

ST. PAUL (AP) ― The office has a yearly budget of $3.6 million and about 40 employees.

Legislative Auditor James Nobles says the governor's office has generally adequate oversight of its finances.

But his report says the office paid out $3,094 in expenses without original receipts and one employee booked 8,300 airline miles to a personal account.

Also, a $5,000 computer server and a $8,500 automatic signature machine weren't recorded in internal inventory records.

The office has a yearly budget of $3.6 million and about 40 employees.

Pawlenty Chief of Staff Matt Kramer says the expense reports lacking original receipts included copies of the receipts. He says an employee inadvertently got personal miles by booking through an online travel site, but later had the miles removed.

He says the server and signature machine were added to the inventory.