If you want to get a reporter interested in a story, just tell him or her that they shouldn't print it. Senate Deputy Majority Leader Julianne Ortman probably didn't consider that adage when she told room of reporters "I'm not sure Minnesotans really need to hear and read all about this". She was commenting about cuts the majority party is making to the minority party's legislative staff budget. Senator Ortman says the disagreement over the budget is "inside ball". Senator Ortman was responding to accusations from Senate Minority leader Tom Bakk that Republicans and the Secretary of the Senate's office were using "misleading numbers" to argue for the elimination of 14 permanent DFL Senate caucus employees to reduce an anticipated Senate budget deficit of more than $2 million. There would be no loss of permanent staff on the Republican side. Less