Archive for October, 2007
« Previous EntriesRITCHIE CLAIMS HE DOESN’T KNOW GIGA AND TOMCZAK WERE ADDED TO HIS CAMPAIGN EMAIL LIST
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007"Ritchie, often a target of the Minnesota Democrats Exposed blog, said he did not authorize use of the civic engagement sign-up sheet for campaign contributions but emphasized that the names of the 600 people are public information. 'There is no crossover, but the list of civic engagement groups is public. It's public information,' Ritchie said. [...]
BREAKING NEWS: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA FILES DATA PRACTICES REQUEST SEEKING INFORMATION ON MARK RITCHIE”
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today filed a data practices request seeking information concerning news reports that Mark Ritchie has abused his office as Secretary of State. "Mark Ritchie promised Minnesota he would be a non-partisan Secretary of State but recent press reports indicate that Ritchie has abused his office for political purposes. [...]
COMING SOON: MAJOR DEVELOPMENT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS THAT RITCHIE MAY HAVE USED HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007There has been a major development in the story first reported on Minnesota Democrats Exposed on Monday regarding campaign email solicitations from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's campaign. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed in 15 minutes for the details.
DON’T FORGET ABOUT AL FRANKEN’S MEAN-SPIRITED COMMENTS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS #2
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Al Franken jokes about alcoholism among Native Americans: "God has a thousand faces and you only need to have one of them smiling upon you. In fact, the Hopi Indians say that being smiled upon by more than one of God’s faces is very confusing and can lead to alcoholism." Source: Al Franken, Oh, The [...]
KSTP: “LEGISLATORS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE”
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007"State representatives called for an investigation into the allegations of misusing public data for political fundraising by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie Tuesday. The investigation request is in response to allegations that Ritchie or his office used data from a nonpartisan public meeting for political fundraising. 'As members of the House Government Operations Committee, we [...]
DON’T FORGET ABOUT AL FRANKEN’S MEAN-SPIRITED COMMENTS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007While people are rightfully upset at the comments made by two radio hosts on KQRS about Native Americans, I will remind people of Al Franken's mean-spirited comments about Native Americans: "Al Franken knows the meaning of the word hunger – not. 'I was never really hungry,' the former 'Saturday Night Live' comedian says with a [...]
LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE BROD AND EMMER REQUESTING A LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE MARK RITCHIE AND HIS POTENTIAL USE OF A STATE OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Click here to read the letter sent by Representative Brod and Emmer to the Representative Gene Pelowski, Chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, requesting an investigation into allegations that Secretary of State Ritchie may have used his official office to fund his political machine. From the letter: "If the allegations set forth in the [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: NEW ALLEGATIONS SURFACE AGAINST RITCHIE; STATE EMPLOYEES RECEIVED EMAILS FROM RITCHIE’S CAMPAIGN
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Since the allegations broke on Minnesota Democrats Exposed that Secretary of State Ritchie may have used his official office to fund his political machine, I have received numerous emails from people questioning themselves as to why they have been receiving emails from Ritchie's campaign. As with the Mr. Giga and Mr. Tomczak, these people informed [...]
JUST A REMINDER, RITCHIE PROMISED TO BE A “NONPARTISAN” SECRETARY OF STATE
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Amid allegations that Secretary of State Ritchie used his office to fund his political machine, I thought I’d remind the readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed that Secretary of State Ritchie promised to be a “nonpartisan” Secretary of State: “… the office of Secretary of State must operate in a non-partisan manner.” Source: Mark Ritchie press [...]
MCMEMO/STAR TRIBUNE: “IS RITCHIE MISUSING HIS OFFICE, EVEN IF IT’S LEGAL?”
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007"Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has some explaining to do, or so it seems. He was elected on the promise that he would depoliticize the office and restore voter confidence in the office’s integrity and impartiality. Now, the DFLer is under fire for allegedly using his public office to supply his political machine with [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “ELECTION OFFICIAL ALLEGEDLY USED LIST IMPROPERLY”
Monday, October 29th, 2007"Mark Ritchie, the state's chief election official, was accused on Monday of improperly using a list of participants in a Secretary of State civic engagement program to solicit contributions for his own political campaign. In a complaint to the Minnesota Legislative Auditor, two people said they were asked to participate in the 'Civic Education' program [...]
BREAKING NEWS: “BROD AND EMMER CALL FOR A LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE MARK RITCHIE AND HIS USE OF A STATE OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES”
Monday, October 29th, 2007I received this press release minutes ago. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed throughout the evening for more information on this developing story. ### SAINT PAUL – (October 29, 2007) — State Representatives Laura Brod and Tom Emmer today called for an investigation into the allegations of misusing public data for political fundraising by [...]
COMING SOON: MAJOR DEVELOPMENT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS THAT RITCHIE MAY HAVE USED HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
Monday, October 29th, 2007There has been a major development in the story first reported on Minnesota Democrats Exposed earlier today regarding campaign email solicitations from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's campaign. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed in 15 minutes for the details.
MDE EXCLUSIVE: CAMPAIGN EMAIL SOLICITATIONS SUGGEST RITCHIE MAY HAVE USED HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES; LETTER REQUESTING INVESTIGATION WILL BE FILED THIS MORNING #3
Monday, October 29th, 2007I have confirmed that a third attendee of an official meeting of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office on April 2nd received solicitations for contributions from Ritchie's campaign on October 22, 2007 through the specific contact information provided at this meeting. As with the Mr. Giga and Mr. Tomczak, this person stated they had not [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: CAMPAIGN EMAIL SOLICITATIONS SUGGEST RITCHIE MAY HAVE USED HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES; LETTER REQUESTING INVESTIGATION WILL BE FILED THIS MORNING #2
Monday, October 29th, 2007I have received the letter sent to Jim Nobles, the Legislative Auditor for the State of Minnesota, earlier this morning requesting that he investigate how contact information provided at an official meeting of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office ended up being used by Ritchie's campaign to solicit campaign contributions. The letter, signed by two [...]
MDE EXCLUSIVE: CAMPAIGN EMAIL SOLICITATIONS SUGGEST RITCHIE MAY HAVE USED HIS OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES; LETTER REQUESTING INVESTIGATION WILL BE FILED THIS MORNING
Monday, October 29th, 2007Two attendees of an official meeting of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office will be sending a letter to Jim Nobles, the Legislative Auditor for the State of Minnesota, later this morning requesting that he investigate how contact information provided at the meeting ended up being used by Ritchie's campaign to solicit campaign contributions. Mark [...]
HOT TALK 1450 KNSI INTERVIEW
Monday, October 29th, 2007I will be on Hot Talk with Andy Barnett on 1450 KNSI in St. Cloud this morning from 7:40 – 8:00 a.m. to talk about Minnesota politics.
MDE ON THE RADIO: SHOWTIME!
Saturday, October 27th, 2007I'll be on the radio for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Before you listen to King and me, make sure you listen to the first four hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can hear Power Line's John [...]
TWO BIG POSTS ON MONDAY EXPOSING MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS
Friday, October 26th, 2007I'm working on two big posts for Monday, so posting will be light today on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Who will be exposed? Make sure you check back on Monday.
MN GOP “TRACKER” DENIED ADMISSION TO PUBLIC EVENTS OF AL FRANKEN #2
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The Star Tribune's McMemo blog has new post up about campaign "trackers" and includes information from my post about the Republican Party of Minnesota's tracker being denied admission to public events of Al Franken: "The GOP's Drake, asked about the posting on MDE, cited three instances when the GOP tracker was turned away: A [...]
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