Archive for September, 2009
« Previous EntriesTHREE TIME LOSER PATTY WETTERLING ENDORSES TARRYL CLARK
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Patty Wetterling, a three time loser for Congressional Office has endorsed State Senator Tarryl Clark’s run for U.S. Congress. Â Mrs. Wetterling previously lost elections for this congressional seat twice and once as a candidate for United States Senate. On a side note the only candidate to ever lose 49 states for President, Walter Mondale, Â has [...]
BIG CITY LIBERAL TARRYL CLARK HOLDS FUNDRAISER OUT OF DISTRICT
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Tonight, Tax and Spend Liberal Senator Tarryl Clark is holding a fundraiser outside of the 6th District. The fundraiser will be at Sweeney’s Bar which sits squarely in the 4th District. I am sure this will be one of many fundraisers that Big City Liberal Tarryl Clark holds outside of the 6th. MDE will post [...]
MY FIRST POST ON MDE
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009My name is Luke Hellier and I am thrilled to be a part of Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Thank you to all the warm welcomes I have received via twitter, facebook, and by e-mail. I want to thank Aaron and Ryan for the opportunity to be a part of MDE and for all of Michael’s hard [...]
WELCOME ABOARD: LUKE HELLIER JOINS MDE
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009I would like to introduce Luke Hellier as the newest contributors to Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Â Luke had previously worked as Field Staff and Political Director for Michele Bachmann’s campaign. Luke is a graduate of Saint John’s University. Welcome aboard Luke!
COMING TONIGHT…NEW BLOGGER JOINS MDE
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009A new blogger will be joining Minnesota Democrats Exposed later this evening. Please check back later tonight for the announcement.
MUST READ FROM THE PIONEER PRESS: “GOP TAKES AIM AT COLEMAN, RYBAK”
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009“Minnesota Republican Party leaders filed a complaint Monday against Democratic mayors Chris Coleman of St. Paul and R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis, accusing them of spending campaign re-election money on what they say are campaigns for governor. In a filing with the state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, state GOP Chairman Tony Sutton and deputy [...]
MUST READ FROM THE STAR TRIBUNE: “STATE GOP COMPLAINS ABOUT MAYORS CAMPAIGNING”
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009“The Minnesota Republican Party announced a formal complaint Monday against St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, saying both men are actively running for governor but are violating a state law that requires them to formally register their campaigns. The complaint raised what has become a delicate issue for Coleman and Rybak, [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “RPM FILES CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD COMPLAINT REGARDING CHRIS COLEMAN & R.T. RYBAK CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES”
Monday, September 28th, 2009St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today wrote to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to file a complaint regarding the political travels and campaign expenditures of St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor Raymond Thomas (R.T.) Rybak. “Since our letter of September 23, [...]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE MN GOP: “IT’S OFFICIAL: DFL PARTY CONFIRMS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDACIES OF COLEMAN, RYBAK”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement after the DFL Party confirmed in a news release that St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak are “candidates” for governor. “It’s official: the DFL Party has confirmed that St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. [...]
MUST READ FROM THE PIONEER PRESS: “STATE GOP FILES CAMPAIGN COMPLAINT OVER ST. PAUL MAYOR”
Thursday, September 24th, 2009“The Republican Party of Minnesota filed a complaint Wednesday against St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, a Democrat, with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, accusing Coleman of spending his mayoral re-election campaign money on what amounts to a campaign for governor in violation of state law. Campaign finance complaints are common in campaign [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “RPM REQUESTS CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD ADVISORY OPINION ON CHRIS COLEMAN TRAVEL”
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today wrote to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to request an advisory opinion regarding the political travels and campaign expenditures of St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. A copy of the letter is below:
MUST READ FROM THE PIONEER PRESS: “CHALLENGER CRITICIZES TRAVELS OF ST. PAUL MAYOR CHRIS COLEMAN”
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“St. Paul mayoral challenger Eva Ng on Tuesday criticized Mayor Chris Coleman for traveling outside of St. Paul and charging his re-election fund. The Coleman campaign called Ng’s move a “stunt” and said some of the trips could fall under official business, so charging his campaign saved taxpayers money. Ng, who is endorsed by the [...]
CHICKEN CHRIS TO MAYOR COLEMAN: “DON’T BE A CHICKEN – DEBATE EVA”
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Compliments of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Chicken Chris attended an event of Mayor Coleman today in St. Paul asking that Coleman “don’t be a chicken” and debate his opponent, Eva Ng. Kudos to the dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed who sent me this picture.
EVA NG FOR MAYOR PRESS RELEASE: “EVA NG CALLS ON CHRIS COLEMAN TO EXPLAIN CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES FOR FLIGHTS, MEALS AND HOTELS OUTSIDE SAINT PAUL”
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Go get’m Eva! ### Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 22, 2009 – Mayoral Candidate Eva Ng today called on Mayor Chris Coleman to explain why his campaign committee is spending thousands of dollars for airline tickets, restaurants and hotels outside the city of St. Paul if he is running for reelection as mayor. The expenditures are [...]
FRANKEN’S APPROVAL RATING ONLY AT 41%
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009A new poll released by Rasmussen Reports has Al Franken’s* job-approval rating at only 41%. Read the complete details here.
FORMER U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE: “THE REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT”
Monday, September 21st, 2009“Dayton said he has serious reservations about President Barack Obama’s health care plan on the basis that providing subsidized health insurance to 47 million Americans isn’t ‘fiscally sustainable’ although he said he would probably support it if it contained a public option. His own preference would be for a single payer, nationwide health care plan [...]
DFL COUNCIL MEMBER SHOWED BIAS AGAINST DEVELOPER
Friday, September 18th, 2009“Please do not be spreading the word that I have made up my mind and am working to oppose the variance on this project. If the developer hears this, they will rightfully question that they didn’t get a fair hearing and that I made up my mind before the hearing.” Source Star Tribune 9/17/2009 quoting [...]
LEAVING MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS EXPOSED
Thursday, September 17th, 2009In keeping with the high standards of disclosure at Minnesota Democrats Exposed, I am anouncing that I will be joining the Republican Party of Minnesota as Research Director starting Oct. 5th.? I am therefore stepping down from Minnesota Democrats Exposed effective October 4th to avoid any conflict.? Even though I have only been writing for [...]
EVA NG CHALLENGES CHRIS COLEMAN TO SEVEN DEBATES; COLEMAN DECLINES
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Why won’t Mayor Coleman debate Eva Ng? ### “St. Paul mayoral hopeful Eva Ng on Wednesday challenged Mayor Chris Coleman to seven debates, one in each of the city’s wards. The mayor didn’t bite. Coleman campaign manager John Stiles called the GOP-endorsed Ng’s move a ‘stunt right out of Republican (Gov.) Tim Pawlenty’s playbook’ and [...]
KELLIHER PULLS A MONDALE:ADMITS SHE’LL RAISE TAXES IF ELECTED GOVERNOR
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Via Michael Brodkorb’s tweet, comes this post. ### “MANKATO — Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a farm girl who grew up to become a powerful big-city lawmaker, formally launched her 2010 campaign for governor on today with a speech and picnic on the Minnesota River Valley farm where she grew up. The Minneapolis Democrat [...]
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