[Of course, McCombs, like virtually all of his peers, wants the public to subsidize a new stadium for his sports team and is not especially receptive to the notion of paying for such a facility out of his own pocket. During Jesse Ventura 's term as governor, which ended in 2002, McCombs had no hope of succeeding in his quest.] To Jesse's credit, he was honest from the start, ... He told me flat-out, 'There's no way I'm giving you anything.' So at least I knew. I like Jesse as a person; we just disagreed.
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