Gov. Pawlenty announced his final commissioner appointment today and it's not Steve Sviggum. Many are shocked that the former House Speaker did not get a big appointment for his former colleague and close friend who took some big hits for the governor. It's hard to imagine Sviggum toiling away in the minority. Here's the news release:
GOVERNOR PAWLENTY APPOINTS PAT ANDERSON TO HEAD DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
She will oversee merger of department and ‘work herself out of a job’
St. Paul — Tim Pawlenty today appointed former State Auditor Pat Anderson as Commissioner of the Department of Employee Relations (DOER), filling the last remaining Cabinet-level position in the Pawlenty Administration.