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19 <br />is consistent with the Small Cities Economic I�evelopment Program's history, then looks at <br />inconsistencies. <br />In Minn�.sota in the 1980s, program survival had to be � major pre�cc�spation of <br />anyone wh� administered an econa�nic d�ve�opment progr�m in state governm�nt. In the <br />1984 eiect�pn, rnonths after �he �cc�nomiG �te�.����y Crants portion of t�e Small Ciiies <br />�conomic Der��lopm�nt Program w�,s init�at�l �d o�ly a y�ar af�er �othcr �major sta� <br />oconamic dev�lapment effarts began, the Dcr�acratic-�aPm�r�I.aYbor (IQFI.} �'arty l�st rA��o1 <br />of t�e state�House of R�pres�n�atiue,� t� Uac �ndcp�rrd�nt R�public�ns (�L). Th� I� <br />�eader�hip f�us�d s4mc 4f th�ir harshest crit�cis� 4� t�e I�FL ,��ve��r's ecanosr��c <br />developane�t progr�ams, a rriaj�r �mphasis in h�s 198� elc�t�on �paig� ar�d �entr�I to �is <br />agenda a�fter takin$ c�ffic.�. 'Th� IR l�i�r�hip �ow�! �+o �li�ir�t� o�no�ti� devei�opm��nt <br />p�o$rams. iati th� 1986 guber�atori�ll c�p��r► th� t�FL �pp4�e�t i�n th� prir�arar, as �ve� � <br />thC IR �andida�e, �ttac�c�d th� �ov�rnor`s ��ar�ic de�r�lop�nc�t +�ffoats. �3y 1�tt,c 19�+�, wi��an <br />thc DF'L r�cgained �ontrol �f th� I�ouse� the g+�v�rngr �� i�a��r�r b��� m�n�► oi t�� <br />peagrams and prapos� a n�w di�ccion fvr state ec�r�omic d�+e��p�t�nt �licy in ihs I�8? <br />legisla�iv�e sessaor�.'s <br />A�fc�r f�il 1�� rhe a�dminist�tors sur�,n�ng zaon�mic �ev�lagmen� p�o�rra�ans �d th� <br />staff worlang �n them c�uld nat ka�ow ho� ��ng �heir p�o�ms �r t��" ��b5 ��1� �;. <br />Administrators of the Sm�l� Ci�ies �c�r�omsc D�vel�p��nt Pa�ogiam n��d ta run it ir� ways <br />�Bill Sa�isbury� 'DFLars nn the apot ia budgat ba�tla,' �; P�� Pio��r_�r�,,��isv��c�= 20 Feb. 198b, p. <br />lp; Robart Wt�ercrrs►tc. "I.�timer criticixes Pecpich's jobs cl�ims.' '�ca,pQ)Lf.������ �1 Juna 198b� <br />p. 1B; RoboR Whoreatt, "Ludornan chailenges Pe�ich on business.," �'�►,��lis ��r a,�d ,1t'ribunQ� i9 �ct. <br />1486, p. 1�; Karl Eas�ga et �i., "Ite-T'hinking Eco�omic D�veIopmcat: The Fiaal Repcirt" (A pxpor vvrictean for <br />Policy Process II, University af Minnesota, 10 Juno 1987), pP• �-11. <br />