Oct 24, 2017
We have just received an electronic copy of a letter sent by the St Paul Police Federation to the former City Council Member (Ward One) Melvin Carter III DFL. It states a number of questions it wants to be answered by Carter regard the two stolen handguns from his...
Oct 24, 2017
The final two-week campaign finance reports are due today and we will see how much money is collected, how much spent and how much remains on-hand, or will we. No, we will not. The amount of money to be spent in this last period will determine the race. The bevy of...
Oct 24, 2017
An interesting discussion is underway about the candidate dubbed the transactional politician during the “bribery investigation” current City Council Member (Ward One) Dai Thao (DFL). The speculation is Thao will suggest to his voters that they select Harris as their...
Oct 16, 2017
On Sunday, the Capitol City’s daily newspaper swung its support to former City Council member (Ward Three) Pat Harris (DFL). The paper noted his depth of experience and commitment to the community of St Paul. The ringing endorsement said, “Our endorsement goes to...
Oct 16, 2017
The most interesting development in the St Paul mayoral race this week was the release of former City Council member (Ward Three) Pat Harris’ (DFL) “Safe St Paul” plan for increasing police by 50 FTEs during his four years in office. The cost of such a program would...
Oct 16, 2017
Supporters of gubernatorial candidate St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman are visibly helping former City Council Member Melvin Carter III (DFL) in his bid to replace Coleman. It is thought the reason for the support is intended to ingratiate Coleman with AFSCME and hopefully...
Oct 16, 2017
There is one benefit of the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) system and that is the improved quality of voting machines purchased by Ramsey County in 2015. These new machines will be taking a picture of every ballot cast in the St Paul elections and later will be made...
Oct 16, 2017
St Paul Mayoral candidate Elizabeth Dickinson (GR) has resurrected an old campaign mechanism. She may have gotten the idea from the old campaigner Roy Magnuson. They are calling the piece the “Dickinson Dispatch” in it are a series of articles intended to introduce...
Oct 6, 2017
Voters in St Paul are receiving additional information in the St Paul Mayoral race from an Independent Expenditure group called Building a Better St Paul. Since the Supreme Court ruling on Citizen’s United v. FEC (2010) political campaigns have been supported and...
Sep 29, 2017
We have been strong in our criticism of Ranked Choice Voting, and our experience in the way voters are being informed this election is a prime example of the problems with the system. Saint Paul voters are left with little information other than candidates literature...
