Singing from a different choir sheet.

Gov. Pawlenty has been speaking mostly to business groups since he released his budget proposal last week. Pawlenty usually gets amped up reminding the audience how Minnesota's tax climate is making the state unattractive to businesses and job creation.

He usually poses a few rhetorical questions to the crowd. But one business leader from the Burnsville Chamber was off message when he answered a few of Pawlenty's questions.

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