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MDE EXCLUSIVE: EXPLOSIVE PROBLEMS ON PLATO BOULEVARD?
By Ryan Flynn | August 4, 2009
I have been inundated with information from a variety of sources since my post went up yesterday on Minnesota Democrats Exposed which asked questions in response to allegations made against the Minnesota DFL by a liberal blogger.
According to multiple sources, including Democrats, the Minnesota DFL is potentially facing organizational and legal issues that are quite frankly, very explosive.
Here is a summary of the information I am hearing from my sources:
- There is an impending unresolved tax issue that could be a problem for the Minnesota DFL relating to non-payment of payroll taxes.
- The DFL is facing a potential FEC fine for reportedly commingling state and federal campaign funds.
- DFL Party Chairman Brian Melendez recently sent a communique out to a DFL party leadership list taking elected officials to task for not pulling their weight within the party. My sources are saying that there are high ranking elected officials that are furious with Melendez.
This is explosive information and I will be working the phones and sending e-mails over the next few hours in an attempt to get more specifics. This will remain the top post for the remainder of the day, so please stay tuned to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story.
UPDATE (From Aaron Cocking): This was just Tweeted by MN Progressive Project:
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August 4th, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Sweet!
Hat tip to Joe Bodell for bring the internal problems of the DFL to light.
August 4th, 2009 at 5:23 PM
[...] MDE EXCLUSIVE: EXPLOSIVE PROBLEMS ON PLATO BOULEVARD? | [...]
August 5th, 2009 at 6:31 AM
[...] saying that there are high ranking elected officials that are furious with Melendez.” Source: Minnesota Democrats Exposed, August 4, [...]
August 5th, 2009 at 2:19 PM
[...] this original post went up on Minnesota Democrats Exposed information has been pouring in from many [...]
August 5th, 2009 at 5:24 PM
[...] Grow from MinnPost has a story up confirming information that first appeared on Minnesota Democrats [...]
August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 AM
And Doug Grow also has a post up with an update denying part of what appeared first on MDE.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Doug Grow? What, no credible independent sources?
August 7th, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Well, being how he pretty much the only person NOT affiliated with this blog, then yes, I guess he has to pass as an independent source. Do you have any indpendent sources to back up the other side of the story?
Like I said, I’m going to wait for the rumor mill to quite down. When the FEC says something official, then I’ll listen to these allegations.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Good idea. I can only assume you will give Republicans the same consideration when they are accused of wrong doing.
Like the rumor that Norm Coleman is being investigated, you will wait until the FBI actually says something official about investigating him for wrong doing, right?
August 8th, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Sure, I can wait for the official investigation on Coleman to come out. But so far, there have been too many lawsuits and FBI agents refusing to confirm or deny investigations for me to totally ignore those allegations against him. I can’t stand Coleman, I think he is a weasel, and I think the FBI probably is looking into him and his associates. But unlike you, I recognize that those are my beliefs and feelings and may not be fact. Yet.
August 8th, 2009 at 8:28 PM
The FBI does not confirm or deny investigations so no matter what you will not “totally ignore those allegations against him”.
The “A” in AC must stand for Airhead, what does the “C” stand for?
August 10th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Focused on Pete,
What do you mean the FBI doesn’t confirm or deny investigations? Of course they do. They confirm and deny all the time and they usually do that once they are locked-in on something. When they refuse to confirm or deny, it usually means they are looking into it, doing their homework, and deciding what to do next.
The FBI DENIED that they were investigating Palin. Look it up.
The FBI CONFIRMED that they opened a probe into whether or not Roger Clemens lied to Congress.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:05 AM
[...] Democratic Fund (UDF) will be held on Wednesday/Thursday of this week to discuss issues that were first reported on Minnesota Democrats Exposed. I have also learned from my sources that estimated size of the [...]
August 13th, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Can’t find a thing on those AC. Got any links to support your claims?
August 14th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
FBI denies they are investigating Palin:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/06/sarah.palin.fbi/index.html
And many more:
http://www.google.com/search?q=FBI+denies+investigating+palin&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
Roger Clemens:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2008/02/29/2008-02-29_fbi_puts_together_team_to_investigate_ro.html
And many more:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&rls=com.microsoft%3A*&q=FBI+%2B%22roger+clemens%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
That took me all of a minute. So how dare you criticise me for being lazy and uninformed for not using Google. For crying out loud, I told you what to search for and you can’t find it.
Pete/Focused, you fail.