May 3, 2017
Will he, or won’t he continue to run, is the question many people are asking about current St Paul City Council Member Dai Thao (DFL). It is no surprise Republicans are calling for his resignation, which is always interesting because they keep a tight lip when it is...
May 3, 2017
When we learned of the situation between St Paul City Council Member Dai Thao (DFL) and Hylden Advocacy & Law firm lobbyist Sarah Clarke a couple of clear points came to mind. If the conversation between Thao, Clarke and her clients from Dart Container...
May 3, 2017
We understand Angela Marlowe¸ former campaign manager for Dai Thao met with the BCA yesterday. During their meeting, they asked for her cell phone and said they can subpoena it if she chooses not to surrender it voluntarily. She chose to comply, and as we have learned...
Apr 28, 2017
The activities in St Paul over the weekend focused on the delegate selection in Wards 1,2 and 5. This weekend the remaining Wards 3, 4, 6, and 7 will fill out their respective elected delegations to the St Paul City Convention, with the grand total being 500 in...
Apr 28, 2017
We attended the St Paul Strong Forum on Wednesday at the St Paul Neighborhood Network. All 6 declared candidates were in attendance: Ward 1 Council Member Dai Thao (DFL), Tim Holden (R), former Ward 3 City Council Member Pat Harris (DFL), former School Board Member...
Apr 20, 2017
In college, Mark Dayton (DFL) was a goalie and he should have learned you can never win a game, but you can prevent your team from losing. Right now he is the only person between the direction Republicans want to take our state and where we are at this moment....
Apr 20, 2017
We contend the institution of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in municipal elections, is having a detrimental effect on the value of the DFL endorsement. This election we are expecting the races for mayor in both Minneapolis and St Paul will move forward sans endorsement....
Apr 19, 2017
If Republicans want to grow their party beyond fascistic angry white men and gray-haired people, they had better change their course regarding higher education. Our state has witnessed a dramatic shift in state support of public colleges, a shift in financial aid for...
Mar 27, 2017
Today, MPR ran an interesting story on Ranked Voting. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/03/27/push-to-vote-st-paul-ranked-choice Tonight, the St Paul Charter Commission Committee on Charter Changes meets to discuss the issue…. This content is for Monthly General...
Mar 17, 2017
The Republican Senate Majority is proposing $900 million in tax cuts, and reference the lack of tax cuts for sixteen years. We will remind people those who fail to appreciate history are doomed to repeat it. In 2000, when tax cuts were instituted, removal of the upper...
