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Friday, January 13th, 2012Liberal city and county elected officials from several municipalities across northern Minnesota have been quietly, but steadily, funding the initial engineering fees for what they hope will be a high speed express train connecting Duluth to the Twin Cities. We first told you about this project, an Oberstar legacy, and the backing it has received [...]
DID GOV. DAYTON GET HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE SLUSH FUND JAR? (VIA GARY GROSS)
Monday, December 26th, 2011Gary Gross wrote the following piece in the Minneapolis Conservative Examiner on the Governor’s recent comments that he was offended by the notion that he may be trying to return political favors to big labor through the unionization of child care providers. AFSCME endorsed Dayton very early on in the gubernatorial battle, and one even [...]
DFL FOX IN THE LAKEVILLE GOVERNMENT HEN HOUSE
Friday, December 23rd, 2011UPDATE: Dedicated readers of MDE point out that Councilman Matt Little was a scheduled speaker at the DFL’s 2011 State Fair booth panel. He spoke on the topic of “DFL, the Next Generation.” ——— Lakeville City Council member Matt Little is a overtly ambitious, smooth talking, liberal DFL operative and was slick enough to be [...]
GOV SPENDS TURKEY DAY WITH HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL SMEAR ATM, ALIDA
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Governor Dayton’s office confirmed this week he will spend this Thanksgiving with his two sons at the governor’s mansion, along with ex-wife and current political piggy bank, Alida Rockefeller Messinger. Dayton and Messinger, along with their shared collaborators (Chief of Staff-Tina Smith, DFL Chair-Ken Martin, front group coordinator-Jeff Blodgett), have undoubtedly been planning the next [...]
JOIN MDE ON TONIGHTS LATE DEBATE
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011MDE will be on tonight’s Late Debate with Jack and Ben to discuss all sorts of political issues, including the 2012 race in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. You can listen to the debate over the radio in the north metro on 95.9FM and on 1150 & 1300AM in St. Cloud. To follow the studio activities live, [...]
Will Wisconsin Voters Have the Wool Pulled Over Their Eyes on August 9?
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011On August 9, voters in Wisconsin’s 10th district will have the chance to decide whether they believe in elected officials that make difficult but necessary decisions to balance the budget or if they believe in activist union hacks representing them in Madison. Eight special recall elections triggered by massive signature trolling on behalf of union [...]
DAYTON BOYCOTTS MEETING WHILE GOP LEADERS OFFER AN OLIVE BRANCH
Monday, June 6th, 2011Gov. Dayton sat on the sidelines this morning (likely in his panic room office) as GOP and DFL legislators sat in a meeting room, waiting for his attendance. The legislators had gathered after being told in advance they were to meet with the Governor about education funding. GOP staff confirmed through an email that Dayton [...]
DAYTON REMOVES HIMSELF FROM BUDGET IMPASSE, TRIES TO APPOINT PARTISAN ‘MEDIATOR’ TO BROKER A DEAL
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Governor Dayton’s inability to lead reached a new low today when he suggested a professional mediator be hired to break the stalemate between him and House and Senate leaders during a press conference. Dayton seemed so frustrated with the slow progress of budget negotiations that he openly suggested “outside help” be brought in to clean [...]
A BRIEF REMINDER OF WHO WE’RE DEALING WITH – THE EXTREMISTS
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Minnesota’s GOP first-term senators respond to Gov. Dayton’s comments that they are extremists. Here’s what Dayton actually said: MNGOP Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb also responded to coverage of the left in the Star Tribune: “How did Dayton reward this olive branch from the GOP leadership? He publicly attacked the legislators who politely asked questions of [...]
IN SEARCH OF A SEAT: CLARK RELOCATES TO DULUTH FOR CARPETBAGGING RUN AGAINST CRAVAACK
Sunday, May 8th, 2011The Duluth News Tribune posted a story overnight that confirms former State Senator and 2010 6th CD candidate Tarryl Clark will again run for Congress in 2012-this time against Chip Cravaack. The paper reports she is in the process of purchasing a condo in Duluth for the sole purpose of getting to Washington. You may [...]
EDUCATION MINNESOTA LOSING ITS INFLUENCE QUICKLY
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Education Minnesota, the union of 70,000 state education workers, has seen better days. After helping propel union favorite Mark Dayton into the governor’s mansion by a razor-thin margin, Ed Minnesota was riding high going into this year’s legislative session. When the GOP took the gavels in the state legislature, their long history of one-sided support [...]
DESPITE COMMON SENSE AND OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT, DFL FALL ON A SWORD TO STOP VOTER ID BILL
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011A House committee will take up Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer’s Voter ID bill this morning-just one of several similar pieces of legislation introduced in the first month of session. Kiffmeyer oversaw the State’s election process for eight years as MN’s Secretary of State. One huge opponent has been Rep. Ryan Winkler. HF210 would bring Minnesota’s election [...]
CLEANING HOUSE: SEN. ELLEN ANDERSON DUMPED FROM LCCMR, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY HAVE CAUGHT UP TO HER
Monday, February 7th, 2011Sen. Ellen Anderson (DFL-St. Paul) was dropped today in her request to be re-appointed to the Minnesota LCCMR. Every two years, the Senate Rules and Admin Committee appoints members, and this year’s slate was unanimously approved by the group, which includes DFL Senate Minority Leader, Tom Bakk. Politics in Minnesota covered the story today when [...]
DFL PARTY ELECTION RECAP: FELONY CHILD MOLESTER NOT RE-ELECTED AS PARTY OFFICER
Sunday, February 6th, 2011Minnesota’s DFL Party held their State Central Committee meeting on Saturday to elect new leadership. Political operative Ken Martin was elected Chair of the DFL along with the other new officers below. You may remember Ken for his work pulling the strings to fund Mark Dayton’s gubernatorial campaign behind the curtain of the Alliance for [...]
HISTORIC EDUCATION REVITALIZATION CONTINUES AS SENATE TAKES UP ALTERNATIVE TEACHING PATHWAYS
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011A bill to authorize alternative pathways for teachers has made its way to the MN Senate floor, just one of many pieces Senate Republicans have rolled out to reform Minnesota’s education system. Senator Dave Thompson, a leader on education in the Senate, tweeted about floor action this afternoon. Education Minnesota, the state’s educators union, strongly [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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