BY KEVIN BURBACH
Two days after the Minnesota legislative session ended in chaos, Bob Dettmer sat silently as a small group of military veterans in the State Office Building gave him a round of applause.
After almost a decade of work, a provision to remove Minnesota’s tax on a military veteran’s retirement pay was tucked away in a 600-page budget bill and the Republican representative from Forest Lake was closer than he’d ever been to seeing it become a reality.
The retired Army reserve warrant officer had repeatedly tried to repeal the tax for veterans in Minnesota in an effort to make the state both more attractive to retired veterans and more livable for those already here.
Now, that budget bill sits on the desk of Gov. Mark Dayton, who was expected to take Memorial Day weekend to consider the entire package before making a decision next week.
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