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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 [...]
WANTED: CLEAN UP CREW FOR TERRI BONOFF CAMPAIGN
Saturday, September 24th, 2011Sources at the annual parade in Plymouth today confirmed to Minnesota Democrats Exposed today that State Senator Terri Bonoff (District 43) and her campaign left their campaign materials (including multiple lawn signs) littered about the parade route for someone else to clean up. Will Sen. Bonoff do the right thing and apologize to the city of [...]
IMPLOSION: SD 61 DFL EXEC. COMMITTEE IN SD 61 SHUTS OUT CANDIDATES FROM ENDORSEMENT
Sunday, August 28th, 2011After the resignation of State Sen. Linda Berglin (DFL-District 61) this summer, several candidates lined up to receive the all-important endorsement of the local DFL unit heading into the Sept. 13 primary before the special election to fill the seat on October 18. As a heavily DFL-dominated district, the endorsement by the DFL party is [...]
SEN BERGLIN TAKES HER TOYS AND GOES HOME
Monday, July 25th, 2011Gary Gross at Let Freedom Ring reported today that State Senator Linda Berglin will resign from the Minnesota Senate effective next month. Governor Mark Dayton will now have to call a special election to fill her seat. Here’s the story via Look True North: Linda Berglin Resigns Written by Gary Gross Monday, 25 July 2011 [...]
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 [...]
WHEN WILL IT END? SEN DFL LEADER BAKK COMPARES GOP PRINCIPLES TO THAT OF A CULT
Monday, May 23rd, 2011In a press conference today, Senate DFL Minority Leader Tom Bakk’s real thoughts came out, only hours before the session is required to end at midnight. Bakk compared GOP legislator’s refusal to compromise on tax increases to activity of a cult.
EVEN DEMOCRATS REALIZE GOP BUDGET IS NOT JUST CUTS
Saturday, May 21st, 2011Senator Richard Cohen (DFL) today made a statement in the Senate regarding the GOP budget targets in their ongoing battle with Gov. Dayton to reach a balanced agreement. Via Nancy L. at LTN: Sen. Dave Thompson released a statement & video today: “Gov. Mark Dayton & Democrats in the legislature continue to portray our budget [...]
ELLEN ANDERSON P.U.C. CONFIRMATION HEARING THIS AFTERNOON
Thursday, May 12th, 2011The Minnesota Senate will today hold a confirmation hearing for former State Senator Ellen Anderson, who is now serving as Gov. Dayton’s Chair of the Public Utilities Commission. We told you about the appointment in March. Check out these clips of Anderson’s extremist rhetoric on the floor in recent years: Anderson says we need to [...]
DFL DECRY GOP NON-BUDGET PROPOSALS WHILE THEY QUIETLY PUSH BILL TO NAME A ‘STATE MAMMAL’
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011You may have heard the recent griping by DFL’ers over the GOP policy proposals that have been introduced this session in St. Paul. Photo ID and the Marriage Amendment, they say, aren’t part of the job of the legislature this year because they don’t help solve the budget crisis. Although they wouldn’t even consider this [...]
NO ENDORSEMENT BY PIONEER PRESS IN SD 66 SPECIAL ELECTION
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Tuesday’s special election in Senate district 66 has earned more attention than a typical empty-seat-filling race in this state. The Pioneer Press editorial board released its endorsement in the race: no endorsement. Read what they had to say here: Better a hot seat than a ‘safe’ seat Pioneer Press Posted: 04/10/2011 12:01:00 AM CDT It’s not [...]
ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMIST APPOINTED BY DAYTON TO CHAIR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011(Developing) In a move that has shocked many in St. Paul and throughout the political chattering class, Gov. Dayton has appointed sitting state senator Ellen Anderson (DFL-St. Paul) to chair the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. MDE has obtained a letter sent by Anderson to her Senate colleagues this afternoon: Dear Senate colleagues, News travels fast [...]
FRUSTRATED DFL SEN LEADER THINKS ONLY CAREER POLITICIANS SHOULD MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS, GOP RESPOND IN KIND
Monday, March 7th, 2011Staffers for the MN GOP Senate Caucus distributed buttons today jokingly referring to the newest Republican senators as the “Clean-up Crew” after insulting comments from DFL Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk last week. The comments came during week wrap-up press conferences held by leadership of both parties in the Senate. Bakk’s comments were posted online [...]
HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS: DAYTON TAXES ARE UNNECESSARY JOB KILLERS
Thursday, February 17th, 2011The Star Tribune ran a commentary piece from the Minnesota Senate leaders, Sen. Amy Koch and Sen. Geoff Michel. See below for the full commentary. We told you yesterday about the many flaws in Dayton’s proposed budget which would raise taxes by billions and prevent necessary cuts to some areas of the state budget. Higher [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DFL LEGISLATOR SERIES: TOP PER DIEM TAKERS IN MN ARE ALL DEMOCRATS
Friday, December 31st, 2010Thank you to activist Terry Stone for bringing attention to the recent Politics in Minnesota report on the amount of per diem taken in 2009 and 2010 by our state legislators. Unfortunately, the PIM headline that the issue is “a bi-partisan affair” is somewhat misleading. The per diem is only “bi-partisan” in that people from [...]
MN CLIMATE-GATE PT 2: LEGISLATORS GONE WILD-BEACHSIDE CLIMATE EARMARK BONANZA
Monday, December 6th, 2010Part 2 of a series. Senator Ellen Anderson and Rep. Kate Knuth don’t always drink beer, but when someone else is buying, they drink Dos Equis. We first reported on the self-serving funneling of environmental research and education funding by state Rep. Kate Knuth and Senator Ellen Anderson last week. Turns out, there are deeper connections [...]
MN CLIMATE-GATE PART 1: DFL LEGISLATORS SECURED FUNDING FOR LEFT-WING ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION THEY WORK WITH
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Part 1 in a series: In December, 2009 DFLers Rep. Kate Knuth (New Brighton) and Rep. Jeremy Kalin (North Branch) took to the skies for Copenhagen. Their destination? The United Nations Climate Change Conference of 2009 known as “COP15″. Funding for Kalin’s portion of the trip is unclear, but multiple sources confirm Knuth’s portion of [...]
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