We’re the blue-collar workers who take care of South St. Paul, while Gov. Pawlenty cuts his hometown. We feed grandma, while he forces her nursing home to close. We staff the emergency rooms, while he cuts hospitals to the bone. We help minds soar, while he crowds classrooms, hikes tuition and closes libraries. Its unionized public workers who come to the rescue of Minnesotans who are losing their jobs, their homes and their health care. We’re their life preserver, not their anchor, as columnist Katherine Kersten suggests (Public sector: An anchor as we sink). Read AFSCME’s Counterpoint.