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By Dog Gone, on March 12th, 2012 I will be writing more on the failing of the vetoed Shoot First legislation separately, but I was struck this weekend by the racist overtones of a fatal shooting of a black teen by a white man with a violent past in Florida who had a legal carry permit. It is an incident that is pertinent,
Follow this link to read more of: The Right Wing Wants to Institutionalize Hate
to make it LEGAL to wrongly harm others even kill them
By MNCentral, on October 27th, 2011 Governor Mark Dayton’s Jobs Summit highlighted the news that “frustrated business leaders gathered from all parts of the state to say they have hundreds of openings but can’t find workers qualified to fill them.” At the same time that Governor Dayton was hearing about skills shortages, Mankato area manufacturers were holding a real Jobs Fair.
Follow this link to read more of: Mankato Area Manufacturers Opening Doors
By MNCentral, on July 16th, 2011 The front page of Friday’s New Ulm Journal says it all. First, a photo The Faces Tell Everything of the three leaders of the state – Speaker Kurt Zellers, Governor Mark Dayton, and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch … their faces seem to acknowledge the horrors that their actions have caused on the State …
Follow this link to read more of: Shutdown Over – New Ulm Schedules School Referendum
By MNCentral, on November 11th, 2010 Tom Emmer offered some interesting observations during the campaign … – We live in a world where spending beyond our means is not an option – The elimination of wasteful government spending starts with the elected officials who are the watchdogs of the state taxpayer dollar – Put the people first – not government bureaucracies,
Follow this link to read more of: Asking the $86,000 Question
By MNCentral, on October 5th, 2010 At some time, every parent must sit down with their child and have a frank discussion about Santa Claus … when will the candidates for Minnesota Governor have a frank discussion with the voters about Trade Missions ? Governors view part of the job as being the cheerleader for the state … promoting tourism, trade,
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV : Trade Missions
By MNCentral, on September 16th, 2010 Survey USA whittled down 1000 potential voters to determine that 656 were likely to vote this November. That’s the first bit of bad news … of the 1000, 926 were registered to vote … a very good ratio , but the drop-off is significant … in a democracy, it does no good to have people
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV : Survey Brings Good News for Walz, Meffert and Clark
By MNCentral, on September 12th, 2010 As the campaigns begin to heat up toward Election Day, the candidates will announce their endorsements. The obvious question is : Who is doing the endorsing and what do they benefit from the endorsement ? John Kline (R-MN-02), the incumbent, issued the following statement I am pleased to share with you the awards and endorsements
Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Real Endorsements –vs- Faux Endorsements
By MNCentral, on September 6th, 2010 Minnesota State Fair was the setting for the most recent Gubernatorial Debate and while there were three candidates on stage, it was the man in the middle that took the spotlight … as he invoked three personas. There was the persona of Silent Tom Emmer … – “This is 126 days since you have been
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV Fair Debate : Silent Tom –v- Pandering Tom –v- Joking Tom
By MNCentral, on August 13th, 2010 Although the election turnout was pathetic, as in any election the only question is “who” shows up to vote ? Assuming that DFLers were serious about selecting their candidate, was there any mischief generated by MN-GOP cross-over voters ? The August 10th election had three types of contests – those that were non-partisan elections, non-competitive
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV : How Much Did MN-GOP Help Dayton ?
By MNCentral, on August 11th, 2010 While the election results are still being tabulated, for the DFL there is a clear winner – APATHY. Kerry Miller had Marty Seifert, who lost to Tom Emmer at the endorsing Republican endorsing convention, on MPR’s Mid-Morning program to discuss the primary election results and what to look for in November. Mr. Seifert stated that
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV : A Clear Winner for the DFL
By MNCentral, on August 9th, 2010 Dave Mindeman has written another thoughtful piece (on the MNPact website) on the endorsement process and the primary. [The endorsement] process gives us a pretty clear method for vetting the candidates as well. The candidates meet with knowledgeable and active policy people who ask the tough questions and exact real answers. This is needed and
Follow this link to read more of: What’s the Difference Between the DFL and MN-GOP ?
By Kevin Roberson, on August 6th, 2010 We are getting really close to the primary, August 10th to be exact. I saw the results yesterday of the KSTP/Service USA poll and it showed that Mark Dayton had around 43% of the vote and Margaret Anderson Kelliher had 27%. Leaving Matt Enteza with 22%. When you look at any type of poll, you
Follow this link to read more of: The MN Tower of Babel
By MNCentral, on August 3rd, 2010 The short answer is that the Star-Tribune says Margaret Anderson Kelliher will be Minnesota’s next governor … will that happen ? With four months to go and a primary election to win, anything can happen … yet the vector is turning in MAK’s favor. First off, let’s commend the Strib for endorsing a candidate on
Follow this link to read more of: MN-GOV : What the Star-Tribune is Saying About MAK
By Holly Cairns, on August 2nd, 2010 I have it on good authority that the Entenza campaign is upset about Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s KSTP / League of Women voters debate comment about “astroturfing.” Margaret said: “I’m proud that I have 3,500 contributors to this campaign,” Kelliher countered. “Matt, the kind of campaign you’ve run is Astroturf, the kind that you buy. We
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By Holly Cairns, on August 1st, 2010 updated 8/2/2010 at 11:38 am. Tom Scheck recently covered the KSTP/ League of women voters debate here http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/08/01/dfl-debate-writeup/ I joined Gather.com to discuss Tom’s post (no comments at bottom of his post allowed, I noticed) Here’s what I said on Gather.com: I was disappointed in Tom’s reaction. Spar? Margaret Anderson Kelliher is running a very
Follow this link to read more of: Grassroots Margaret Anderson Kelliher Strongest in KSTP/ League of Women Voters Debate
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