Jim Oberstar
HEDGING THEIR BETS: TAXPAYERS QUIETLY FORCED TO FUND BILLION DOLLAR NORTHERN RAIL PROJECT
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 [...]
CD8 EXTREMIST DFL RANKS CALL FOR CRAVAACK TO HOLD A TOWN HALL..SO HE DOES.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011DFL activists in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District have been caught off guard this year by Rep. Chip Cravaack’s solid attention to his district. In just the first few months in office, Cravaack has held a dozen town hall meetings across the district and numerous tele-townhalls over the phone, more than 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar ever [...]
KLOBUCHAR BACKS BILLION DOLLAR OBERSTAR LEGACY TRAIN TO NOWHERE
Thursday, May 12th, 2011This week, federal officials announced they will award the Minnesota Northern Lights Express high-speed rail initiative with $5 million more in planning dollars as they continue pushing towards a long term solution. The Duluth media are reporting that Sen. Amy Klobuchar played a large role in securing these dollars and was part of the announcement with [...]
CRAVAACK TO GEITHNER: CHINESE TAKEOVER OF CIRRUS THREATENS JOBS AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Saturday, March 26th, 20118th district Congressman Chip Cravaack is asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, in his role as the leader of a key Congressional oversight committee, to review the pending acquisition of Minnesota’s Cirrus Industries by a foreign entity in China. Cirrus employs around 500 people in Duluth, Grand Forks and elsewhere. In a letter released by [...]
IN ANOKA COUNTY, OBERSTAR’S BILLION DOLLAR TRAIN TO NOWHERE DERAILING FAST
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011(Part of a series) Rail advocates have been pushing the idea of a high speed commuter rail project between the Twin Cities and Duluth since Amtrak discontinued its passenger service in 1985. The cost of such a line has been discussed since the early 2000′s, and has included figures such as $120 million, $360 million, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
WHY WONT OBERSTAR CONCEDE?
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Since Jim Oberstar was unseated from Congress in the election nearly one month ago, he has yet to call congressman-elect Chip Cravaack and congratulate him. Not only is this completely classless, but Oberstar continues to make excuses as to why he will not officially concede. KSTP reported that Oberstar’s staff says that he was on [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: GRAMS MAY RUN IN 8TH; OBERSTAR MAY RETIRE
Thursday, May 11th, 2006Back in April of 2005, I recieved a tip that Rod Grams was considering a run for Congress in the 8th CD. "Over the weekend I heard from a high-level and (believe it or not, credible) DFL friend that Oberstar finally has talked about retiring. It’s not clear whether he’s talking about 2006 or 2008, [...]
OBERSTAR IMMEDIATELY GOES NEGATIVE AGAINST GRAMS
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006"Meanwhile, Oberstar's campaign also ratcheted up the rhetoric, welcoming Grams to the campaign but criticizing him and his party for creating the largest federal budget deficit in history. 'He [Rod Grams] means well, but he is continuing to embrace the same failed ideas his party has been pushing for years,' Oberstar said in a prepared statement [...]
GRAMS vs. OBERSTAR
Friday, May 5th, 2006"'[Jim] Oberstar, who has been able to sleepwalk through his races, may actually have a race on his hands,' Jacobs said." Source: Associated Press, May 5, 2006