Archive for January, 2011
DFL LEGISLATORS DON’T WALK THE WALK ON ETHICS VIOLATIONS
Friday, January 28th, 2011(Update to previous post) Rep. Kate Knuth introduced an amendment to the Rules of the House last week that raised eyebrows and ultimately went down in flames. The rules were recently adopted for this biennium and govern the policies and conduct of the body. Current rules require a written and signed complaint regarding ethics to [...]
PUPPET SHOW: LOCAL ED MN LEADERS INSTRUCT TEACHERS TO SNUB STATE SENATOR
Thursday, January 27th, 2011MDE has obtained email exchanges from a local Education Minnesota union leader to teachers in school district #194 instructing them to not cooperate with a survey sent to them by their local State Senator. The Lakeville area school district is home to thousands of students in Sen. Dave Thompson’s district. After introducing legislation to better [...]
OUT WITH THE OLD: TEACHERS UNION BECOMING IRRELEVANT AND DESPERATE
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Education Minnesota, the union representing thousands of Minnesota educators, has decided it is in their best interest to improve their public image for political purposes. In an email obtained by the Freedom Foundation, union President, Tom Dooher, asks local union leaders to encourage any Republican teachers to get more involved in the legislative process. This [...]
DFL LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE NEW AND INNOVATE SOLUTION TO BUDGET: RAISE YOUR TAXES
Monday, January 24th, 2011DFL Senator Ann Rest wasted no time last week introducing a bill to adjust Minnesota’s tax law so that clothing would no longer be exempt from the state sales tax. S.F. 83 would remove the exemption currently in place. Fortunately for the thousands of businesses in Minnesota that thrive on this exemption, the bill probably [...]
CORRUPT FRIDLEY PLANNING PROCESS TO BOOST NORTHSTAR PICTURE
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011Its no secret ridership on Northstar commuter-rail fell far below plan for 2010, as local media reported this week that Metro Transit had 21% fewer riders on the Big Lake to Minneapolis line than expected. What most haven’t heard about, however, are the illegal procedures surrounding a proposed zoning change by the City of Fridley [...]
PAGING SENATOR FLIP FLOP: KLOBUCHAR ASKS BOEHNER TO REPEAL HEALTHCARE TAX PROVISION SHE VOTED FOR
Thursday, January 20th, 2011Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced today she has reached a compromise on part of healthcare reform-with herself. The Star Tribune reports Klobuchar joined two other Democrats in writing a letter to Speaker Boehner asking for his support in repealing the controversial and over-intrusive small business 1099 tax requirement that was part of the Patient Protection and [...]
IS DAYTON SERIOUS ABOUT CREATING JOBS?
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Gary Gross in the St. Cloud Times wrote this week on Dayton’s priorities and some of his choices already. Some of these decisions, like the one to make Paul Aasen Commissioner of the MPCA, signal his favoritism towards activism more than anything else. MDE first covered the LetFreedomRingBlog report on Aasen’s appointment in December. Commentary [...]
I FOUGHT THE LAW BUT THE LAW WON: NEW DULUTH CITY COUNCILOR HAS PROBLEMS WITH MONEY
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Jacqueline Halberg was chosen to replace Kerry Gauthier by the Duluth City Council. she will be serving as the city’s 4th district councilor. It is no secret that Duluth (and the entire northeastern part of the state) is not in the best economic shape. According to the Bureau of Labor Staistics, of the recorded data [...]
DFL CHAIR CALLS FOR END OF NAZI REFERENCES-WILL HE ASK ELLISON TO DO THE SAME?
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011In a press release today, the DFL Party Chairman called for an end to “Nazi References” in the MN education reform debate. Here’s the release: ST. PAUL (January 12, 2011) – Last night, Republican Rep. Sondra Erickson, chair of the Education Reform Committee, called Education Minnesota’s proposal that candidates for alternative licenses have 90 days [...]
PUBLIUS STORY BLAMING RIGHT-WINGERS FOR INCITING VIOLENCE PUBLISHED NEXT TO AN AD INCITING VIOLENCE
Monday, January 10th, 2011The MN Publius posted an article railing against conservatives for the shooting that occurred in Arizona. Jeff Rosenberg claims that Tea Party leaders are to blame for what occured. Ironically, when visiting the page, this showed up. After showing a clear distaste for the shooting that occurred, the Publius posts an article about it which [...]
“AN UNTHINKABLE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY”
Saturday, January 8th, 2011Partisan politics aside, MDE asks everyone to keep the victims of today’s horrific acts in your prayers. With varying reports on the number involved, we know a 9 year old girl and a federal judge were among those killed in the massacre at a Safeway store in Tucson, AZ today. Sources also report the capitol [...]
ELLISON VOTES (AGAIN) IN FAVOR OF BLOATED CONGRESSIONAL BUREAUCRACY
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota’s 5th congressional district voted “No” today to a measure passed by the House of Representatives to trim that body’s operating budget by 5%. The policy change came as voters soundly supported the idea of smaller government and more responsible role models in Congress in November by removing the sitting Democratic [...]
DFL SENATOR IMPLIES MN WEATHER WILL PREVENT STATE HEALTHCARE FROM BECOMING NATIONAL MAGNET
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Last night on TPT’s Almanac, DFL Minority Leader Tom Bakk defended Gov. Dayton’s move to opt Minnesota in to federal Medicaid changes created by the massive healthcare bill passed by the Obama administration last spring. Senator Bakk stated during the interview, “Up where I live, we got 12 inches of snow…people from around the country [...]
TAX MONEY SPENT TO SPREAD PRESIDENT’S HEALTHCARE PROPAGANDA
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011If someone were to search “ObamaCare” in Google, the first thing they would see is this: Worst of all, this ad is paid for with your tax dollars. Politico ran an article titled “HHS Buys Obamacare” where author Ben Smith exposed the federal government’s use of tax payer money to buy ad space on Google. [...]
FOR THE RECORD: MCCLUNG CORRECTS STRIB EDITORIAL SMEAR OF PAWLENTY RECORD
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Posted at Look True North, former Pawlenty deputy chief of staff Brian McClung was featured in the Star Tribune responding to an editorial they wrote on Pawlenty’s accomplishments. Here’s the text of the McClung piece: On the final Sunday of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s eight years in office, the Star Tribune Editorial Board dropped a burning [...]
DOCUMENTS CONFIRM WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT JIM OBERSTAR’S RESIDENCY
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011Jim Oberstar’s primary residence was not in Minnesota during at least some of the time he represented the people of Minnesota’s 8th congressional district in Congress. That’s what recent documents acquired by MDE now reaffirm. The (soon) former Congressman has held residency in Chisholm, MN for years, but for tax purposes has listed Potomac, MD [...]