Archive for October, 2011
KLOBUCHAR SIGNS ON AS LEADER OF STIMULUS #2
Monday, October 31st, 2011Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office confirmed in the last few days to Minnesota media that she will take over the charge to pass Obama’s latest jobs plan in the Senate. The plan would spend $50 billion on infrastructure projects in hopes of creating temporary construction jobs that may do little to bolster the economy. The plan [...]
BARNES TURNS TO QUESTIONABLE SITES TO PUT UP CAMPAIGN ADS
Friday, October 28th, 2011Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed point out that DFL CD3 candidate Brian Barnes has put up online ads directing visitors to various sites to his campaign homepage. Barnes is hoping he can gather support from visitors to SluttyHalloween.net, where he’s put ads up.
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: POGEMILLER TO RESIGN FOR CABINET SPOT
Friday, October 28th, 2011Sources close to MDE confirm at this late hour that Sen. Larry Pogemiller has been appointed Commissioner of Higher Education and will make the announcement sometime Friday. Pogemiller has been publicly disgruntled by the GOP majority in the MN Senate, something that hasn’t been seen since the 1980′s. You may remember longtime Senator Berglin left [...]
LEGACY ARTS AND CRAFTS SLUSH SPENDING LACKS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Much of the funding from the 2008 Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution goes to legitimate projects with good purpose and intention. There are, however, millions of dollars unaccounted for by state government, many of which are going to questionable (and downright maddening) causes. The Legacy Amendment increased the state sales tax by three-eighths of [...]
SHOCKING: FUGITIVES, THUGS & CRIMINALS PART OF OCCUPY PROTESTS AROUND USA, ARE THEY ALSO HERE?
Thursday, October 20th, 2011The “free speech” of the protestors at the Hennepin County Government Center is neither “free” nor “cheap,” as police costs for monitoring their activities rise with each passing day. But it turns out that those costs for Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and his deputies may be a prudent expenditure for the taxpayers. If things [...]
OCCUPY MN BABYSITTING COSTS FOR CITY/COUNTY APPROACHING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011The Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County are both reporting the total costs they’ve had to incur thus far to supervise the OccupyMN protests downtown. KARE 11 had this story: MINNEAPOLIS – The cost of Occupy Minnesota protests is starting to add up for Minneapolis police. Tuesday afternoon, Sgt. William Palmer says the total cost [...]
FANNING’S EMBARRASSING TV DEBUT
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Via Gary Gross, the Minneapolis Conservative Examiner had a great piece today covering CD8 DFL candidate Daniel Fanning’s TV appearance with WCCO’s Esme Murphy. We’ve covered Fanning’s campaign extensively and the Northern Lights Express train to nowhere that he fully supports. Here’s the piece: This morning, Daniel Fannning, one of 4 DFL candidates vying for the [...]
CD3 DFL CANDIDATE ALREADY OUTSOURCING CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS
Sunday, October 16th, 2011DFL Congressional candidate Brian Barnes has only been running in the 3rd district for a few days, but his campaign team has already outsourced his campaign website to a foreign top-level domain name. Barnes’ website (Barnes.MN) is hosted on the top-level domain for the country of Mongolia (.MN). Barnes has also been very vocal via [...]
MANKATO ‘GREEN’ RECYCLING CO. GOES BROKE AFTER TAKING MILLIONS IN MN AND FEDERAL STIMULUS
Monday, October 10th, 2011Mankato’s KEYC FOX affiliate aired a very interesting story about a local recycling company that has received millions in federal subsidies and government-backed loans, only to go bankrupt within months. Call it a Minnesota version of Solyndra. Here’s part of the story: In the spring of 2010, Genesis Poly went belly up. And with it [...]
SD 46 SPECIAL ELECTION DFL CAMPAIGN BRINGS IN NATIONAL UNION FRONT GROUP TO PLAY DIRTY
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed gathered the below literature pieces being distributed in Senate District 46 as they prepare for a special election on October 18. The election is to fill the Senate seat vacated by the passing of Linda Scheid. Groups supporting DFL-endorsed candidate Chris Eaton have decided their best strategy for victory [...]
LACKING GOALS & DIRECTION, OCCUPY MN PROTESTERS GAIN BACKING OF RYBAK AND ELLISON
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Mirroring their cronies in New York, Occupy MN protesters assembled in Minneapolis this week to show their support for..er..disagreement with..something regarding corporate greed. Actually, when you ask many of the protesters and members of the media what the group is fighting for, many can’t tell you. Bored, unemployed, disgruntled citizens make up a large part [...]
NAMED: FORMER FRANKEN AIDE IS WHITE HOUSE STAFFER THAT LOST IT WITH REPORTER OVER SOLYNDRA
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Eric Schultz, a former aide to Senator Al Franken is playing a small role in the ongoing Solyndra scandal that is plauging the Obama Administration. Schultz, whom one reporter called the Franken campaign’s “chief purveyor of skullduggery“, reportedly screamed at one CBS investigative reporter looking in to the President’s role in the now-bankrupt company that [...]
FORMER CD3 CANDIDATE MEFFERT TAKES NEW JOB WITH MN2020 BASHING MONEY IN POLITICS-PUBLICLY BRAGGED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Former CD3 DFL Congressional candidate has recently joined the left-wing Minnesota think-tank Minnesota 2020 as a “Senior Fellow” and authored a blog post about campaign spending and money in politics. Meffert wrote the following: “Time you could be meeting with a wider array of constituents and shaping solid policy is spent sitting in a cube, [...]