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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 [...]
AFSCME DIRECTOR HAS DESPICABLE ONLINE CONDUCT AND HAS PUSHED DAYCARE UNIONIZATION FOR YEARS
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Minnesota’s public employee unions have worshipped him for years, and in 2010 he gave the keynote “State of the Union” address to the AFSCME Council 5 convention. But AFSCME Council 5 Organizing Director Eric Lehto has made his real intentions clear on his Facebook page, which got a lot more traffic recently given the failed [...]
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 [...]
GOV TO DFL: NOW, WE SHUT IT DOWN.
Friday, July 1st, 2011PIONEER PRESS: DAYTON BUDGET STRATEGY IS ‘HOSTAGE TAKING’
Sunday, June 26th, 2011Update: KSTP reported today that Gov. Dayton walked out of budget talks with legislative leaders after only 30 minutes, continuing his path towards a government shutdown. — The Pioneer Press editorial board succinctly described the current standstill in budget negotiations between Gov. Dayton and Republican leaders this weekend. The piece describes Dayton’s strategy as “hostage [...]
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 [...]
BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT DAYTON WANTS TO KEEP HIS GARDENER
Thursday, May 19th, 2011As lawmakers approach the May 23rd deadline to reach an agreement with Gov. Dayton on a balanced budget, this week has been jammed pack with activity on both the House and Senate sides. Gov. Dayton announced his intention to raise taxes by only a couple billion dollars instead of his original plan that called for [...]
DEPT OF REVENUE: DAYTON PLAN WILL RAISE TAX BURDEN ON ALL INCOME GROUPS
Monday, April 11th, 2011Did you know electing Mark Dayton meant a 1/2% statewide tax increase? You do now. Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposed budget solution for Minnesota’s $5 billion deficit centers on one thing: raising taxes. For months during the campaign and now during session, Dayton and his allies have touted his plan as the “fair” way to go [...]
ELLISON TIES TO NATION OF ISLAM AND GADHAFI LOYALISTS AREN’T HARD TO SPOT
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011Congressman Keith Ellison (MN-5) has long struggled to convince his constituents and the media that his ties to the Nation of Islam are not relevant. For that matter, he has struggled to make the case that his ties aren’t alive and well through his affiliations with people like Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DAYTON APPOINTS SUE HAIGH CHAIR OF MET COUNCIL-STILL NO REVENUE OR BUDGET APPOINTEES
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010In a press release today, Mark Dayton announced his appointment of former Ramsey County Commissioner Susan Haigh to Chair the Metropolitan Council. The Met Council has jurisdiction over the 7 county metro area in low-income housing, sewage and waste treatment and transit. The Council is made up of members to be appointed by the Governor. [...]
POTENTIAL DAYTON PCA APPOINTMENT WREAKS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010UPDATE: MDE is working to confirm through multiple sources that Ramsey County Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt is also in consideration for the PCA position in the Dayton administration. — LetFreedomRingBlog.com is reporting that sources close to the Dayton transition process have confirmed activist Paul Aasen is being considered for commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. [...]
DAYTON POUNDS PAWLENTY ON MEDICAID, DIDN’T DO HIS HOMEWORK
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010Governor-elect Mark Dayton had some strong words for the Pawlenty administration this week in regards to Medicaid coverage. After months of touting his strong support on the campaign trail for opting-in to a plan to switch thousands of poor, childless adults off of Minnesota-based programs and on to Medicaid, Dayton was dumbfounded and angered to [...]
DFL’S UNPAID BILLS CATCHING UP TO THEM
Saturday, December 11th, 2010The Minnesota DFL Party has unpaid bills that are causing problems for their local activists. Sources affiliated with the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) report the DFL still owes them more than $10,000 in costs associated with their State Convention last April. The MN Progressive Project provides a deeper background of the story on their [...]
DAYTON’S CHIEF OF STAFF PICK NOT A FRIEND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Friday, December 10th, 2010Mark Dayton announced his picks for top staff positions in the new administration today. Topping the list for the position of Chief of Staff is long-time political activist and controversial figure Tina Flint Smith. Smith is the former Chief of Staff to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and also managed his unsuccessful bid for governor this [...]
COVERAGE OF RPM 2010 STATE CENTRAL
Saturday, December 4th, 2010Member of the Republican Party of Minnesota’s State Central Committee gathered at the Mall of America today to discuss Party business, approve a budget, and hear from GOP leaders. Governor Tim Pawlenty addressed the few hundred activists present with a word of thanks to MNGOP Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb. This thanks [...]
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