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KSTP 5: Rebecca Otto lives completely 'green'
February 25, 2008
(KSTP) In her day job, she watches
how Minnesota cities spend your tax dollars.
But State Auditor Rebecca Otto has a personal passion for living green.
Fourteen years ago, she built an energy-independent house that is still
going green.
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State Auditor
Rebecca Otto's home featured on WCCO TV's
'Project Energy'
September 1, 2007
(WCCO) Paying attention to how we
use energy is more important than ever these days. One of the state's
top officials isn't just talking the talk. Minnesota State Auditor
Rebecca Otto and her family built a home that is energy independent.
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Rebecca Otto TV ad:
Making Sure The Numbers Ad Up
October 2006
Rebecca discusses accounting errors she's found in the millions of
dollars and why they are important. |
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Rebecca Otto TV ad: A Bipartisan Bio
October 2006
Rebecca's bio and accomplishments bringing leaders of differing parties
together for the common good of all Minnesotans. |
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Rebecca Otto TV ad: Living
Green Values
October, 2006
Rebecca shows how she lives her values responsibly and does her part for
the environment. |
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Watch Rebecca on "Access to Democracy"
(video, 30 min)
July 18, 2006
Rebecca talks about her family and why this race is about property taxes
and competence - on this well-regarded cable program in her opponent's
home town of Eagan. |
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Get to know Rebecca on "Delicious Conversations"
(audio stream - 45:00)
July 8, 2006
Rebecca discusses living an "authentic life," her green home, her
horses, her family, building stronger communities, and her vision for
the office of State Auditor |
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Rebecca on Air America Radio
(audio stream - 10:29)
April 20, 2006
Rebecca discusses her recent and UNPRECEDENTED discoveries of
financial
errors in official State Auditor reports,
her shocking
discovery of 22 errors totaling almost $12 million in lost revenue in a
report on MN School Districts, and her vision for the office
of State Auditor |
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Rebecca
on Almanac at the Capitol: Property Taxes vs "no new taxes"
TAX DAY, April 17, 2006
Rebecca's Capitol Press Conference
talking about the effect of "No New Taxes" policies in driving up
property taxes, and announcing a plan for property tax reform with
Representative Joe Atkins |
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Rebecca on ALMANAC: Financial Irregularities in
Minnesota Government
March 4, 2005
To watch only Rebecca's
portion of the show click here
Rebecca debunks No New Taxes ideology and gambling for
state revenues, and "devious" financial practices like including
inflation in revenue projections but not expense forecasts in the state
budget.
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One Minnesota Get Together
(video & audio clips)
June 26,
2004
Hear in their own words why Walter Mondale
and Arne Carlson co-chaired this event and gave Rebecca Otto an
unprecedented and historic bi-partisan endorsement in her 2004 run for
MN House.
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Rebecca on WCCO Radio's Jack Rice Show:
how FOCs are costing MN taxpayers $100+ million
a year (audio stream)
July 26, 2004
Rebecca discusses this huge taxpayer cost with
economist C. Ford Runge and former revenue commissioner John James
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Gunyou & Kiedrowski take on the budget
(video clips)
March 26,
2004 MN Senate joint taxes & finance committee hearings
Two former finance commissioners, one Republican, one
Democrat, discuss how recent
departures from
fiscal conservatism
are undermining the budget, our state's credit rating on Wall
Street, and our long-term economic
viability. This grew out of a
bi-partisan budget forum Rebecca
moderated in January, 2004.
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Rebecca on
ALMANAC: prescription drugs a bi-partisan issue
(video - requires Real Player)
February 6,
2004
Shortly after proposing 2 of 5 major DFL health crisis fixes of the
year, Rebecca appeared on TPT's ALMANAC to discuss the need to work on a
bi-partisan basis to address the state health care crisis.
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Bi-Partisan
Budget Forum
Featured video
(video clips)
January 8, 2004
Sponsored by the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce and
organized and moderated by Rebecca, this
non-partisan forum is chock full of
straight talk about what's really going on with the ongoing Minnesota budget crisis. This
forum lead to a
joint editorial in the Star Tribune
followed by a
tri-partisan call for hearings
lead by Rebecca, and
Senate Hearings on the budget.
With former Gov Arne Carlson.
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